Eori is a privately held island, which lies at the extreme northwestern end of the Mamanuca Islands group.
Geography | |
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Location | South Pacific |
Coordinates | 17°26′17″S 177°03′48″E / 17.43806°S 177.06333°E |
Archipelago | Mamanuca Islands[1] |
Area | 0.245 km2 (0.095 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
Administration | |
Division | Western |
Province | Nadroga-Navosa Province |
Demographics | |
Population | unknown |
It has an area of 9.7 hectares (24 acres) and was advertised as being for lease in April 2008 with a price of €9,000,000. In 2009 it was offered at auction but failed to sell at a top bid of A$1 million.
Eori was for many years owned by real estate firm Pacific Islands Partnership Limited, which is in turn solely owned by Tim Manning's Chaylor Investments. Chaylor investor Eric Rush held a 7 percent share in Eori specifically.[2]
In 2009, Manning and Chaylor sold the island to investor Graeme Hart.,[3] who controls the island through a 100% interest in LLC Eori Island Limited[4] via his personal investment corporation, Rank Group Ltd.[5]