Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site
Site ID
VUNA
Station Location
Vunakanau
Station Number
Station Address
Vunakanau aerodrome (disused)
Sunnybird, Keravat No.1, East New Britain Province
WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude
S 4°19'48".4
Longitude
E 152°08'15".8
Ellipsoidal Ht
427m
SITE OWNERSHIP
Owner / Authority
Department of Civil Aviation ?
ENP provincial Govt.
Site Contact/s
Block holders, adjacent to site
STATION DESCRIPTION
Station marker
iron 5/8" thread welded to steel base plate (the level mark)
on a steel pillar (0.3m diameter, 1.2m above n/s)
Station height is the top surface of the base plate
Inscription
Reference marks
Witness marks
Azimuth marks
Station constructed by/date
special instructions
WD40 is required to clean and lubricate the steel thread. The tribrach
will screw straight onto the thread.
Site soil / Geology
SITE ACCESS
Boats
Roads
From Rabaul (25 minutes)
0km at Junction next to Rabaul Police Stn
Follow Kokopo Road, past Copra mill
3.8km at Malaguna turn right (unsealed junction) up Caldera onto Vuruga Rd
10.5km turn left at Bitumen junction
12.2km veer right at Bitumen junction (Malmaluan off to the left)
pass Tomaringa Barracks and Vunakanau on the left
17.2km Turn left onto dirt-track to the Airstrip
18.5km Cross roads at top of hill(you've gone too far)
Vehicle rental
Hertz special offer for RSES, ANU campaigns;
Toyota Hilux twin-cab 4WD;
1-6 days K192.50 (inc VAT)
7+ days K166.10 (inc VAT)
125km free per day then 99t per km (inc VAT)
SITE FACILITIES
Power
Nearby houses have power. A little cash would be well accepted
if power is used.
Shelter
tent required for receiver
Accommodation
none available on site, nearest hostel/hotel is in
Kokopo or Rabaul.
Security
People in the adjacent blocks can be employed
to provide security (K20 per night, K15 per day per person)
Labour
Communications
Adverse conditions
SITE DIAGRAMS
Access map
Vunakanau - Rabaul 1:100,000
Vuna access sketch
Site diagram
Vuna sketch
site photographs 1998
VUNA site photo
VUNA site photo 2
Elevation mask
OCCUPATION SUMMARIES
2000 Campaign
Party leader
Richard Stanaway, RSES, ANU
Contact details
Canberra, 6249 5510
r_stanaway@yahoo.com
Assistant/s
Adam Hefferenan, UCSC
Labour / security
Ladies from adjacent houses were employed to look after the station.
Receiver type
Ashtech Z-12
Receiver serial number
637
Antenna type
Ashtech Z-12 Chokering
Antenna serial number
099
Height measured to
bottom edge of antenna
Slant height antenna
0.045 vertical offset from top of baseplate
to base of chokering dish
Changes in antenna ht
Batteries/power supply
2 x 24 amp/hr sealed lead acid batteries
Occurences (stoppages/earthquakes/antenna disturbances and
adjustments)
none
Occupation summary
FILE SIZE START END
NAME Bytes T S DAY/TIME(UT) DAY/TIME(UT) DNLD TIME STATUS
1 RVUNAA00.216 17408 3 A 216/23:32:58 216/23:59:28 00:00:06 COMPLETE
2 RVUNAA00.217 386048 3 A 217/00:00:28 217/11:55:28 00:01:55 COMPLETE
Last updated: 26th November 2003
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University