can support productive groves of coconut and subsistence crops. There are three towers----a 300-foot steel tower at the south point, another 100-foot tower with two large radar antennae to the north, and a 75-foot wooden tower on the northern tip. One large aluminum warehouse building is located on the southeast edge toward the ocean; other structures of wooden cornstruction are scattered throughout the island. Two iarge piers are located on the lagoon shore in the middie of the islana. Nam Island Nam Island is situated on the northwest corner of the atoll and is the third largest island----approximately 3,600 feet long and 3,000 feet wide. The estimated 122 acres now host large trees of Messerschmidia. Large open areas within the inland are covered by Fimbristylis grass and Ipomoa vines. The soil is relatively fertile as evidenced by the lush growth of the vegetation. Many birds (noddies, boobies, terns and turnstones) nest among the shrubs and grasses to contribute much guano to the soil composition. On the southwest corner of the island, where much erosion has occurred, due to wave action or probably from a nuclear explosion that was detonated on a nearby island, the organic matter content in the soil profile runs as much as 18 Department of Energy inches in depth. Historian’s Office ARCHIVES Two large damaged concrete bunkers are located island. on that