Melody Key
Appearance
Geography | |
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Location | Gulf of Mexico |
Coordinates | 24°38′27″N 81°27′12″W / 24.64083°N 81.45333°W |
Archipelago | Florida Keys |
Adjacent to | Florida Straits |
Administration | |
State | Florida |
County | Monroe |
Melody Key is a privately owned island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States.[1][2] It is 5.5 acres-wide.[1] As of 2012[update], it was the world's fifth most expensive island.[1] As of January 2017, the island was listed for sale, at an asking price of $7 million.[3] After being listed Melody Key suffered severe storm damage and later sold for $3.2 million via HGTV's Islands Hunters television show.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c The world's most expensive private islands, The Daily Telegraph
- ^ Jonathan Vatner, Island Hopping to Your Own Island, The New York Times, December 30, 2009
- ^ "derStandard.at". www.derstandard.at. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "10 Dreamy Scenes From Island Hunters". HGTV. Retrieved 2021-05-26.