Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site
Site ID
NING
Station Location
Ningerum
Station Number
AA 426
Station Address
Ningerum Aistrip (now disused)
WGS-84 Station Coordinates (from GPS display)
Latitude
S 5°40'02".4
Longitude
E 141°08'30".7
Ellipsoidal Ht
168m
SITE OWNERSHIP
Owner / Authority
Gulf Provincial Govt.
Site Contact/s
District Administrator at offices 200m to SW of station
LLG Officer (Nambrie Takop) knows the setup well. His office is opposite the
District office and his house is on the other side of the aistrip
from the station.
Phone
none
Fax
none
Address
Nambrie Takop
Ningerum LLG
PO Box 266
Tabubil
Western Province
Email
STATION DESCRIPTION
Station marker
Standard brass plaque, centrepunched, recessed into cement peg
Inscription
AA 426
Reference marks
3 cartridge cases, set in concrete (not looked for in 2003)
Witness marks
windsock
Azimuth marks
none
Station constructed by/date
Australian Army (Royal Australian Surbey Corps), October 1965
special instructions
Site is now overgrown, and significant clearing is required.
Site soil / Geology
SITE ACCESS
Air
Nearest airports Tabubil (65km north by road)
Kiunga (72 km south by road)
Tabubil and Kiunga serviced by air from Port Moresby and Lae (Airlines PNG - daily flights)
Roads
Ningerum is easily accessible from Tabubil and Kiunga by road, lying half way between the two towns. The 137km road follows the pipeline from Tabubil to Kiunga and is an all weather, graded, gravel road used primarily by Ok Tedi convoys. Travel time is between 2.5 and 3 hours
depending upon convoys.
DRIVERS MUST GIVE WAY TO THE CONVOYS!
A pilot vehicle warns oncoming traffic of an approaching convoy. The number displayed on top of the pilot vehicle indicates the number of vehicles in the convoy. Pull off the road and wait for all the vehicles to pass. The last vehicle has two green flags to indicate that it is the last vehicle and is safe to enter the road. Other vehicles have red flags, indicating that another vehicle is following.
Distances/times From Ela Motors/Avis at Tabubil
(There are marker posts every km indicating the distance from Kiunga)
0 km Avis-Tabubil, head south downhill past the airport
1 km Turn right at bitumen junction
3 km Continue straight ahead, road to right crosses Ok Tedi River
3.5km Security gate
13 km go straight, road to left goes to Ok Meanga hydro plant
16 km Cross Ok Meanga river
33 km Sisimakam village
35 km Village
41 km Village
55 km Village
65 km Ningerum village (75 minutes) (Station NING)
Distances/times from the bitumen t-junction next to the Kiunga terminal
0 km Bitumen t-junction at Kiunga terminal (2 hours 35 minutes)
head north along road towards Tabubil
3 km go straight
12 km Village
20 km Village
24 km Village
32 km Bridge
39 km Ok Smak bridge
42 km Go straight at junction (side road to left)
59 km 59km Pump Station
60 km Village
64 km Go straight at junction (side road to left)
71 km Cross Wai Smare River
72 km Ningerum village (80 minutes) (Station NING)
SITE FACILITIES
Power
Ningerum has mains power in the evenings for approximately 3-4 hours, however
it shouldn't be relied upon
Shelter
Tent required for equipment
Accommodation
The LLG (Nambrie) and district officers can billet visitors, however accommodtion
is recommended in either Tabubil or Kiunga.
Kiunga Guesthouse has a variety of accommodations, refer to KIUN and TABu site logs for details
Security
LLG officer can arrange supervision of site. Nambrie paid
K50 in 2003 to arrange site security.
Labour
Communications
Nearest phones at Tabubil and Kiunga
Adverse conditions
No adverse conditions in Ningerum. Local people are friendly, and there is no
crime problem of note in the area.
SITE DIAGRAMS
Access map
Ningerum location map 1:100,000
Ningerum access diagram 1992
Site diagram
NING RM diagram 1992
site photographs (October 2003)
NING Station mark
Elevation mask
OCCUPATION SUMMARIES
2003 Richard Stanaway, RSES
Last updated: 26th November 2003
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University