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unusual facts about Necker Island


Necker Island

Necker Island (British Virgin Islands), a private island in the British Virgin Islands owned by Sir Richard Branson.


Asymphorodes dimorpha

It is found in Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, Nihoa, Necker Island, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Midway, Kure, Wake island, Canton island, Jarvis island, but is probably much more widely distributed in the Pacific.

Chenopodium oahuense

It is also found on Lisianski Island, Laysan, the French Frigate Shoals, Necker Island, and Nihoa.

Crocidosema leprarum

It is endemic to Oahu, Molokai, Nihoa, Necker Island, French Frigate Shoals and Laysan.

Havaika

Specimens from Necker Island and Nihoa (northwest of Kaua'i) did not fit into the four defined morphotypes.

Helicoverpa hawaiiensis

It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, Nihoa and Necker Island.

Hyposmocoma malornata

It is endemic to Necker Island, Nihoa, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.

Richard Stromback

In March 2008, he served as co-host of the Ecology Summit with Sir Richard Branson on Necker Island.

Virgin Hotels

The British-based Virgin Hotels Group Limited owns the Virgin Limited Edition portfolio of properties that include luxury resorts such as Necker Island.

Yanik Silver

The club has scuba dived off Iceland's Silfra Ravine, been off-road racing with Jesse James, annually spend a week at Richard Branson's Necker Island, had simulation dogfights in Word War II-era planes, and featured sessions with Tony Hawk, John Paul DeJoria, James, and Branson.


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