Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site

Site ID
PUTA
Station Location
Putanagororoi
Station Number
PSM 30020
Station Address
United Church, Putanagororoi
East New Britain Province

WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude            S 4°12'25".17
Longitude         E 152°03'53".19
Ellipsoidal Ht     Ht

SITE OWNERSHIP

Owner / Authority
United Church
Site Contact/s
John Warkia, Church Pastor
Phone

Fax

Address

Email

STATION DESCRIPTION

Station marker
Brass plaque in concrete
Inscription
30020
Reference marks
unknown
Witness marks
unknown
Azimuth marks
unknown
Station constructed by/date
NMB 1996
special instructions
none
Site soil / Geology

SITE ACCESS

Roads
Site in next to bitumen road about 13km from Rabaul town (15 minutes drive), along the North Coast Road near the Kulau lodge
Vehicle rental

Hertz special offer for RSES, ANU campaigns;
Toyota Hilux twin-cab 4WD;
1-6 days Rabaul K192.50 (inc VAT)
7+ days Rabaul K166.10 (inc VAT)

125km free per day then 99t per km (inc VAT)

SITE FACILITIES

Power
not checked
Shelter
tent required for receiver
Accommodation
Kulau Lodge, 3km away
Rabaul hotels, 13km away

Security
Local men can provide security
K10 per day, K15 per night
Labour
none required
Communications
none at site, use phones at Kulau Lodge or Rabaul
Adverse conditions
none
SITE DIAGRAMS
NMB has a sketch for this mark
Access map

Site diagram
RM Survey 2000

site photographs

Elevation mask

OCCUPATION SUMMARIES

2000 Campaign

Party leader
Richard Stanaway, RSES, ANU
Contact details
r_stanaway@yahoo.com
Assistant/s
Adam Heffernan, UCSC
Labour / security

Receiver type
Ashtech Z-12

Receiver serial number
638
Antenna type
Ashtech Z-12 Chokering
Antenna serial number
101
Height measured to
bottom edge of antenna

Slant height antenna
1.513m
Changes in antenna ht

Batteries/power supply
2 x 24 amp/hr sealed lead acid batteries
Occurences (stoppages/earthquakes/antenna disturbances and adjustments)

Occupation summary
  FILE         SIZE       START        END
  NAME         Bytes  T S DAY/TIME(UT) DAY/TIME(UT) DNLD TIME STATUS
1 RPUTAA00.216 642048 3 A 216/01:26:28 216/21:46:28 00:03:12 COMPLETE

Last updated: 25th October 2000
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University