Talk:Palmyra Atoll

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Contents 1 What is so unique? 2 Details on trial 3 Moved out the murders and book 4 Trivia

[edit] What is so unique?

Is this the only island on earth to be controled by a government and owned by a private entity??

No. There are other islands whose entire landmass is, under local property laws, owned by one individual or corporation. Though, perhaps this is somewhat unique b/c it is so far away from other landmasses68.33.203.109 05:54, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Details on trial

Can we get some details on the trial. Was this overturned on appeal, or dismissed at the trial level because of pretrial publicity.

[edit] Moved out the murders and book

It was originally merged in from a stub article, but And the Sea Will Tell was getting to be a very large section, and as its significance had more to do with a book and Hawaiian media circus than an event in Palmyra's history, I moved it to its own article.

-Nentuaby 01:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

The picture of the islands airstrip looks very much like the same airstrip in the beginning of Jurassic Park III. If it is, maybe it could added in someway. Windscar77 07:13, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I found no reference to this filming having been done in the Palmyra Atoll, though Hawaii was a location for the movie.[1] This same reference lists Wendover, Utah as where an airstrip was filmed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Adavidb (talk • contribs) 06:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

I can't provide a citation for this and am not sure if it is significant, but images of Palmyra Island were used in the opening and closing sequences (think theme song) of the television series 'Gilligan's Island' in many episodes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.207.54.89 (talk) 20:42, 13 September 2007 (UTC)