Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site

Site ID
A039
Station Location
LAE
Station Number
AA 039
Station Address
Mt. Lunaman, Lae
WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude            S 6°44'01.37"
Longitude         E 147°00'35.43"
Ellipsoidal Ht     169.97 m

SITE OWNERSHIP

Owner / Authority
Lae City
Site Contact/s
none
Phone
n/a
Fax
n/a
Address
n/a
Email
n/a
STATION DESCRIPTION

Station marker
Standard RASvy brass plaque set in concrete with beacon
Inscription
AA 039
Reference marks
3 .303 cartridge cases set in concrete

Witness marks
GI Pipe 9.48m N of AA 039
Azimuth marks

Station constructed by/date
Royal Australian Survey Corps (Australian Army)
May 1963, mark replaced by OGG Dent in May 1974

special instructions
Site is very unsecure and unsafe, a few men needed

Site soil / Geology
uplifted carbonate platform
SITE ACCESS

Airport
n/a
Roads
road to Telikom exchange building, then walk for 5 minutes

Vehicle rental
Avis Lae ph 4724644 or 4724354
Avis Nadzab airport ph 4724929
Hertz Lae ph 4725982
Hertz Nadzab ph 4723650

Hilux twin-cab 4WD is required
2002; Special Avis rate for ANU K210 per day including VAT, CDW and 50 km free


SITE FACILITIES

Power



Shelter


Accommodation
Unitech Guesthouse

Security
Site needs to be supervised at all times

Labour


Communications


Adverse conditions
Site is unsafe (many muggings etc..)
SITE DIAGRAMS

Access map

1:25,000 Lae topo map showing locations of marks
UBD Map of Lae (not showing road across airport)

Site diagram
AA 039 1974 Location diagram / RM survey
AA 039 1980 RM survey (not sure if copy of 1963)

site photographs - May 2002
AA 039 Station mark
AA 039 from above looking west
AA 039 Looking West
AA 039 Looking South

Elevation mask

OCCUPATION SUMMARIES
2002 May Richard Stanaway & Unitech
2004 May Unitech

Last updated: 25th May 2004
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University