The reason why green turtles appear most frequently on the island's southeast coast is partly that the beaches there are comparatively well preserved and have very few buildings, and also that this area, being outside the zone where the forces stationed on the island are usually active, has retained relatively large tracts of virgin tropical forest.
綠蠵龜最多出現在島的東南岸，一來因沙灘保存完整，較無建築物，而且因為此處不屬於島上駐軍經常活動的區域，保留的熱帶原始林也較多。