Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site

Site ID
AMBU
Station Location
Hambuim
Station Number
AMBU
Station Address
Hambuim Village
Lae
Morobe Province

WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude            S 6°39'34".2
Longitude         E 146°56'08".9
Ellipsoidal Ht     207 m

SITE OWNERSHIP

Owner / Authority
Hambuim Village

Site Contact/s
Joe Mana

STATION DESCRIPTION

Station marker
Steel bar set in concrete, located in playing field

AMBU mark


Inscription
AMBU 2002
Reference marks
3 bolts set in concrete

Witness marks

Azimuth marks
none
Station constructed by/date
Suvenia Hasiata, Unitech, 9th April 2002
special instructions
Recommend a number of men to travel to site as access through West Taraka can be unsafe at times.


Site soil / Geology
Alluvium
SITE ACCESS

Road
Site is accessible by road from Lae. 4WD required


SITE FACILITIES

Power
Charge batteries in Lae, no power at site

Shelter
tent required for the receiver
Accommodation
Unitech guest house, or other hotels in Lae
Security
Joe Mana can arrange security K15 a day

Labour

Communications
Lae
Adverse conditions

SITE DIAGRAMS

Access map
AMBU access map 2002
AMBU 1:100,000 access map

Site diagram
AMBU RM sketch 2002

site photographs 2002
AMBU station mark
AMBU looking east
AMBU looking NE
AMBU looking West

Elevation mask
AMBU elevation mask diagram 2002

OCCUPATION SUMMARIES

Party leaders
April 2002, Suvenia Hasiata, Unitech
April 2002, Richard Stanaway, RSES, ANU and Melchior Karesa
November 2003, Suvenia Hasiata, Unitech

Contact details
473 4951 UNITECH

Last updated: 2nd June 2004
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University