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