area 30

hi i'v been around for a few days, very interesting info throughout the forum

i was reading through a thread that mentioned something about area 30, i put it into google earth and it tells me its an area 51 research center (i have the area 51 google plugin if that makes a difference) there seems to be something there but i cant quite make it out, what is this place, is it actually apart of 51??

Area 30 is located in the rugged terrain south of Buckboard Mesa on the western edge of the Nevada Test Site, almost as far as you can get from Area 51 and still be on the NTS.

It is located within what is known as the Reserved Zone and occupies 58 square miles. In the past, Area 30 has had limited use in support of the nation’s nuclear testing programs, but in the spring of 1968 it was the site of Project Buggy, the first nuclear row-charge experiment in the Plowshare Program.