Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site
Site ID
LAEO
Station Location
LAE (OLD AIRPORT)
Station Number
ST 31022
Station Address
Old Airport, Lae
WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude  
S 6°43'58.717"
Longitude  
E 146°59'57.345"
Ellipsoidal Ht  
84.361 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
Stainless steel pin set in concrete slab
Inscription
none
Reference marks
none
Witness marks
none
Azimuth marks
none
Station constructed by/date
Unitech/UCSC/NMB 1993
special instructions
Site should be guarded at all times. Occupation unsafe during the evening
Site soil / Geology
Alluvium
SITE ACCESS
Airport
n/a
Roads
Site is located on the site of the old Air Niugini
workshop, just west of the Air Niugini office, and just
south of the Madang/Highlands PMV stop
Vehicle rental
Avis Lae ph 4724644 or 4724354
Avis Nadzab airport ph 4724929
Hertz Lae ph 4725982
Hertz Nadzab ph 4723650
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 in the evenings (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
LAEO sketch 1997
LAEO sketch 2000
site photographs - April 2002
LAEO Station mark
LAEO Station mark zoomed in
LAEO looking SE
LAEO looking East
LAEO looking NW
LAEO looking North
Elevation mask
OCCUPATION SUMMARIES
1993 - 2001 UCSC and Unitech
2002 May Richard Stanaway & Unitech
2004 May Unitech
Last updated: 3rd August 2004
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University