Fe
nitenti

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 construction
are scattered throughout the island.

Two large piers are located

on the lagoon shore in the middle of the island.
Nam Isiand
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,

much erosion has occurred,

where

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
inches in depth.
Two large damaged concrete bunkers are located on that
island.

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