Photo by: David B. Marshall 
June, 1962 
Location Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge 
Legend Aerial view of Tern Island on French | 
Frigate Shoals gives the impression of a giant aircraft 
carrier. Most of the island is taken up with a runway 
while the fringes contain encampments of many branches 
of the military and civilian contractors, most of whom 
are present without authorization from the Hawaiian 
Division of Fish and Game or the Bureau of Sport 
Fisheries and Wildlife. This formerly valuable 
nesting island has been so completely taken over by 
the military that it has virtually no bird use. 
Coral reefs, largely Submerged, surround this island. 
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