Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site
Site ID
SITU
Station Location
Situm
Station Number
ST 31029
Station Address
7th Australian Division Memorial School, Situm
WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude
S 6°38'39".6
Longitude
E 147°03'19".8
Ellipsoidal Ht
170m
SITE OWNERSHIP
Owner / Authority
Memorial School
Site Contact/s
Steven Tuperi, Headmaster,
PO Box 2461, Lae
STATION DESCRIPTION
Station marker
hemispherical headed bolt in centre of galvanised iron pipe, set in concrete
Inscription
Reference marks
Witness marks
none
Azimuth marks
none placed
Station constructed by/date
Colleen Stevens, UCSC, 1993
special instructions
Site soil / Geology
SITE ACCESS
Roads
SITU is 9.4 km north-east of Unitech by Road
0 km Unitech Gate, turn right
1.4 km pass turn-off to left (Igam Barracks)
4.3 km Turn left at Bumayong
5.0 km Cross the New Busu River bridge
6.3 km pass turn-off to left (Posi/Hobu)
9.2 km cross Bupu River causeway
9.3 km turn left into Situm school
9.4 km SITU is in the playing field to the right
Vehicle rental
Avis Lae ph 4724644 or 4724354
Avis Nadzab airport ph 4724929
Hertz Lae ph 4725982
Hertz Nadzab ph 4723650
Hilux twin-cab 2WD/4WD is required (to cross Bupu River)
2002; Special Avis rate for ANU K210 per day including VAT, CDW and 50 km free
SITE FACILITIES
Power
Generator or Solar panels required
Shelter
tents required for receiver & security
Accommodation
Unitech Guesthouse
Security
Headmaster can arrange security K10 per man per day
Labour
Communications
Unitech has telephones / fax
Adverse conditions
Bupu River impassable shortly after heavy rain
SITE DIAGRAMS
Access map
Situm 1:25,000
Situm 1:100,000 access info
Site diagram
Station sketch 1997
Station sketch 2002
site photographs 2002
SITU station mark
SITU looking east
SITU looking east (2)
SITU looking north
SITU looking NE
SITU looking north (2)
SITU looking SE
Elevation mask
Elevation mask 2002
OCCUPATION SUMMARIES
1993 Colleen Stevens, UCSC
2000 Laura Wallace, UCSC
2002 Richard Stanaway, RSES, Sylvester Tiki, Unitech
2003 Suvenia Hasiata, Unitech
Last updated: 26th November 2003
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University