Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site

Site ID
NADZ
Station Location
Nadzab
Station Number
ST 31024
Station Address
Nadzab Aerodrome
Morobe Province

WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude            S 6°33'47".9770
Longitude         E 146°43'39".6589
Ellipsoidal Ht     148.86 m

SITE OWNERSHIP

Owner / Authority
PNG Office of Civil Aviation
Site Contact/s (2002)
Bill Burua, Airport Safety officer
STATION DESCRIPTION

Station marker
Centre of hemispheric bolt set in concrete within GIP, located in weather station, just north of airport office

Inscription
none
Reference marks
none
Witness marks

Azimuth marks
none
Station constructed by/date
UCSC, 1993
special instructions

Site soil / Geology
Alluvium
SITE ACCESS

Road
Site is located just north of Airport office at Nadzab Airport, approx. 42 km by road from Lae city


SITE FACILITIES

Power
Power available at Airport Office 30m south of site

Shelter
tent required for the receiver
Accommodation
Unitech guest house, or other hotels in Lae
Security
Airport staff can arrange

Labour

Communications

Adverse conditions

SITE DIAGRAMS

Access map
NADZ and Lae area 1;250,000 topo

Site diagram
NADZ Site sketch 1997
NADZ Site sketch 2000

site photographs 2002
NADZ aerial view

Elevation mask

OCCUPATION SUMMARIES

Party leaders
93-2001, Colleen Stevens, Laura Wallace, UCSC
May 2001, Suvenia Hasiata, Unitech
November 2003, Suvenia Hasiata, Unitech

Last updated: 7th June 2004
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University