Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site
Site ID
NARI
Station Location
Nariawang
Station Number
NARI
Station Address
Nariawang Village
Morobe Province
WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude  
S 6°20'48.83151
Longitude  
E 146°27'09.89078"
Ellipsoidal Ht  
477 m
SITE OWNERSHIP
Owner / Authority
Nariawang Customary Land
Site Contact/s (2002)
Stephen David
PO Box 318, Lae
Morobe Province
STATION DESCRIPTION
Station marker
Centre of hemispheric bolt set in concrete
Inscription
none
Reference marks
none
Witness marks
Azimuth marks
none
Station constructed by/date
UCSC, 2000
special instructions
Site soil / Geology
Alluvium
SITE ACCESS
Road
Site is accessible by road from Lae and Nadzab.
Follow the Highlands Highway west from Lae for 101km
(59 km from Nadzab) to the Leron Bridge. Turn right onto 4WD
track leading to Nariwang and Wantoat District. Nariawang
village is apprx. 7km from turn-off at Leron Bridge.
Travel time is approx. 1.5 hrs from Lae, 1 hour from
Nadzab.
SITE FACILITIES
Power
Solar Panels required
Shelter
tent required for the receiver
Accommodation
Village accommodation possible
Security
Stephen David can arrange K10 per day
Labour
Communications
Adverse conditions
SITE DIAGRAMS
Access map
NARI and Lower Markham 1:250,000 map
NARI and SASI 1:100,000 topo map
Site diagram
NARI Site sketch 2001 (with update from 2002)
site photographs 2002
NARI Station mark
NARI looking North
NARI looking East
NARI looking NW
NARI looking South
NARI looking SW
NARI looking West
Elevation mask
NARI Elevation mask
OCCUPATION SUMMARIES
Party leaders
2000-2001, Laura Wallace, UCSC and Unitech
April 2002, Richard Stanaway, RSES, and Suvenia Hasiata, Unitech
Last updated: 10th September 2003
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University