Skorpios ( Greek: Σκορπιός ) is an island in the Ionian Sea off the west coast of Greece , near the town of Nydri . One of the few private islands.
| Scorpios | |
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| Greek Σκορπιός | |
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| Characteristics | |
| Area | 0.878 km² |
| Highest point | 81 m |
| Population | 5 pax (2011) |
| Population density | 5.69 people / km² |
| Location | |
| Archipelago | Ionian Islands |
| Water area | The ionian sea |
| A country |
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| Periphery | Ionian Islands |
It is an elongated island with a length of about a kilometer. The island has three residential buildings, a helipad and a marina.
In 1962, the island acquired Aristotle Onassis for 3.5 million drams (as of 2013 - less than half a million rubles). In 1968, the billionaire celebrated a wedding on the island with Jacqueline Kennedy , widow of US President John F. Kennedy . After the death of Aristotle Onassis in 1975, his body was buried on the island. His daughter Christina (mother of the granddaughter of Athena, who until recently belonged to the island) and the tragically dead son Alexander also lie here. The maintenance of the island takes about 1.5 million euros per year.
In April 2013, a company operating in the interests of Ekaterina Rybolovleva (daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev ) entered into a 99-year lease for a group of islands off the western coast of Greece, including the island of Scorpios. Rybolovlev paid $ 126 million for the island [1] .