Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site
Site ID
TABU
Station Location
Tabubil
Station Number
PSM 9466
Station Address
NE of Ok Tedi Environment Office, Tabubil
WGS-84 Station Coordinates (from GPS display)
Latitude
S 5°15'28".3
Longitude
E 141°13'11".7
Ellipsoidal Ht
560m
SITE OWNERSHIP
Owner / Authority
Ok Tedi Mining Limited
Site Contact/s
Contact Environment Office next to site
Phone
548 3311
Fax
Address
Ok Tedi Mining Limited Head Office
P.O. Box 1
Tabubil, Western Province
Papua New Guinea
Email
STATION DESCRIPTION
Station marker
Standard brass plaque, centrepunched, set in cement peg
Inscription
9465
Reference marks
2 Iron pins
Witness marks
Witness Post next to mark
Azimuth marks
none
Station constructed by/date
BHP Central Engineering Division, for Doppler control, August 1980
special instructions
Site soil / Geology
limestone
SITE ACCESS
Air
By air from Port Moresby, Mount Hagen and Lae (Airlines PNG - daily flights)
Roads
Tabubil is also accessible from Kiunga by road. The 137km road follows the pipeline from Kiunga to Tabubil
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.
SITE FACILITIES
Power
Tabubil has reliable 24hr mains power
Shelter
Tent required for eqpt.
Accommodation
Cloudlands Hotel in Tabubil is about 1.5km south of the site.
phone 548 9277, fax 548 9301, email cloudlands@daltron.com.pg
Single K165, twin K198 per night
Hotel has very good restauarant, dinners ~K25
The hotel driver can provide transport to the site, for about K10 a time
(paid to hotel)
Security
Security is required at site. William at Hotel knows local lads (Sandix Morit and Jack
Wrin) who can look after the site. Paid K15 a day each, Sandix by day, Jack by night.
Labour
Some clearing required
Communications
Telephones and internet available at the Hotel Cloudlands.
A dial-up connection is avialable after hours at K5 for 10 minutes.
Alternatively, the IT support at OTML may allow use of their line for no charge, if
arrangements are made.
Adverse conditions
No adverse conditions in Tabubil.
SITE DIAGRAMS
Access map
Tabubil map
TABU access sketch
Site diagram
TABU Sketch 1986
site photographs (October 2003)
TABU Station mark
TABU from the SW
TABU looking east (Sandix)
TABU looking north
TABU looking south (William)
TABU witness post
Elevation mask
OCCUPATION SUMMARIES
2003 Richard Stanaway, RSES
Last updated: 26th November 2003
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University