Conflict Islands

by Nino Marchetti (RSS feed)
May 4th 2005 at 6:50PM

How would you like to own your own chain of tropical islands in the Coral Sea? The Conflict Islands near Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific are up for sale for $8.5 million. This string of 23 islands, most more than an acre in size and many with sandy beaches, covers over 925 acres and surrounds a five mile wide blue-green lagoon. The islands are mostly undeveloped, with only a worn down runway which would most likely need to be replaced. The Conflict Islands, in their history, have served as a copra plantation and a pearl fishery.