X Marks The Spot
Satellite imagery (e.g., Google Earth) of the island shows 3 X-shaped figures and one Y-shaped figure in its northern half, built out of metal shipping containers. These arrangements of shipping containers were left by the U.S. Navy for bomb targeting practice.
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