Wonkos

Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site

Site ID
WONK

Station Location
Wonkos

Station Number
PSM 3026

Station Address
Eivot's Village
Wonkos
Lae
Morobe Province

WGS-84 Station Coordinates
Latitude            S 6°37'33".6
Longitude         E 146°58'02".1
Ellipsoidal Ht     156m

SITE OWNERSHIP

Owner / Authority
Salis Nalau ?
PO Box 1714, Lae

Site Contact/s
Barnabas
(House on hill just NW of site)

STATION DESCRIPTION

Station marker
Brass plaque set in concrete

WONK mark

Inscription
3026

Reference marks
OCP 246°Magnetic 2.477m (2.5m in 1970)

Witness marks

Azimuth marks
none

Station constructed by/date
24th September 1970

special instructions
Significant amount of clearing required around mark.

Site soil / Geology
Alluvium

SITE ACCESS

Road
Site is accessible by road from Lae.
0 km Unitech gatehouse, head north along Butibam Road
1.4 km turn left towards Igam Barracks
3.1 km turn left at end of bitumen road (Igam Barracks / marketplace)
follow single track road
5.1 km bridge
6.0 km bridge
6.6 km ford over creek
6.7 km mark is to left of road, opposite small track to chicken shed

SITE FACILITIES

Power
Charge batteries in Lae, no power at site

Shelter
tent required for the receiver

Accommodation
Unitech guest house, or other hotels in Lae

Security
Barnabas at nearby house can provide security, K15 a day

Labour

Communications
Lae

Adverse conditions

SITE DIAGRAMS

Access map
WONK 1:100,000 access map

Site diagram
WONK RM sketch 2002
WONK survey sketch 1970

site photographs 2002
WONK station mark
WONK Site photo
WONK looking SE
WONK looking W
WONK OCP RM
WONK Mark and RM looking east