Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site

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Site ID
GRNR

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Station Location
Green River

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Station Number
AA 428

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Station Address
Diused airstrip, Green River,
Sandaun province

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WGS-84 Station Coordinates (from GPS display)
Latitude            S 3°53'57".1
Longitude         E 141°11'19".4
Ellipsoidal Ht     163 m

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SITE OWNERSHIP

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Owner / Authority

Sandaun Provincial Govt.

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Site Contact/s

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STATION DESCRIPTION

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Station marker

Standard brass plaque, centrepunched, set in concrete

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Inscription

AA 428

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Reference marks

RM1 Nail in concrete
RM2 Cartridge Case in conc.
RM3 Nail in conc.

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Witness marks

GI Post 1m mag north of mark
Secondary mark GRN2 established in 2002

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Azimuth marks

none

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Station constructed by/date
Australian Army, Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1966,

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special instructions

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Site soil / Geology

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SITE ACCESS

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Air
By air from Vanimo
MAF fly twin-otters from Vanimo (~K140) (Tuesday & Thursday) en-route to/from Tabubil (K164)
MAF Vanimo (contact Poge or Albert) email mafvnob1@online.net.pg phone/fax 857 1091
Dove Air (Catholic mission flight service) operate out of Vanimo

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Roads
badly maintained track to Amanab

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SITE FACILITIES

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Power

Solar panels required

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Shelter
Tent required for eqpt.

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Accommodation

LLG Guest house K25 a night

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Security

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Labour

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Communications
MAF agent has radio access to Vanimo

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Adverse conditions

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SITE DIAGRAMS

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Access map
GRNR old location sketch 1987

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Site diagram
GRNR RM survey 1987

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site photographs (October 2003)
GRNR (AA 428) Station mark
GRNR looking north

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Elevation mask
site has clear mask

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Last updated: 26th November 2003
Richard Stanaway
Information gathered by Sylvester Tiki stiki@survey.unitech.ac.pg
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University