Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site
Site ID
WEWK
Station Location
Wewak
Station Number
PSM 15497 BMRG (Australia) Mag Station
Station Address
Boram Airport, Wewak, East Sepik Province
WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude
S 3°35'02".6
Longitude
E 143°40'00".1
Ellipsoidal Ht
84m
SITE OWNERSHIP
Owner / Authority
Department of Transport, Civil Aviation
Site Contact/s
Gabriel or Wesley (Airport Manager)
Phone
856 2411
Fax
856 2414
Address
PO Box 108, Wewak, East Sepik Province
Email
STATION DESCRIPTION
Station marker
Brass plaque in concrete
Inscription
MAG Station
Reference marks
3 x plugs in concrete
Witness marks
Azimuth marks
Station constructed by/date
Commonwealth of Australia (BMRG)
special instructions
Site soil / Geology
Slightly uplifted carbonate platform
SITE ACCESS
Roads
Access by foot or vehicle,
Gabriel, the manager knows location of mark and should be contacted
before enetering site
By foot from Airport Terminal
obtain clearance from control tower
Vehicle rental
Hertz - Wewak ph. 856 2023 fax 856 2693
Avis - Wewak ph. 856 2041 (at Windjammer Hotel)
SITE FACILITIES
Power
Airport Lodge (50m from terminal building)
Batteries available from (DUNLOP)
ph 856 1265 fax 856 1266 sealed batteries sometimes
or Motorist Discount Centre
Shelter
tent required
Accommodation
Airport Lodge (50m from terminal building)
Margaret Hayward (Hotel Manager)
marg@online.com.pg
phone 856 2373
fax 856 2418
K110-120 per twin room
meals K7-K25
Windjammer Hotel 5km towards town has discount rooms
for K58 per night
In addition UNITECH staff and students receive 50% discount
Security
Jerry and Richard (village next to site) in 2000 see Airport manager
K20 per man per night
Peter Maki, Romey Julius and Martin Sagaran in 1999, paid K10 per day
Labour
no clearing required
Communications
phone/fax/email at Airport Lodge at reasonable rates
Adverse conditions
none
SITE DIAGRAMS
Access map
Wewak Map 1:250,000
Wewak Map 1:100,000
Site diagram
WEWK location and RM sketch
site photographs 2002
WEWK station mark
WEWK looking north
Elevation mask
10 degs (no obstructions)
OCCUPATION HISTORY
Party leader
1993 R.Kizana and John Oa, NMB
1999 Wilfred Lus, RSES (now UPNG)
2000 Richard Stanaway, RSES, Zebedee Sombo (UNITECH), Charlie Pue (Student Unitech)
2002 April, Richard Stanaway, RSES
2002 September, Suvenia Hasiata, UNITECH
2003 John Kwasi, Edwin Nidkombu, NMB
Last updated: 26th November 2003
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University