Brief description
Geoscience Australia surveyors Bart Thomas and Ryan Ruddick travelled to Macquarie Island on the Australian Antarctic Division's voyage VMI in November/December 2016.Survey work for a number of Australian Antarctic projects was undertaken at the station on Macquarie Island.
Project 4092 - Geoscience Australia geodetic and geophysical monitoring program:
- Upgrade and modernise the GNSS equipment.
- Undertake a local monitoring survey of the GNSS equipment.
Project 5067 – Tide Gauges:
- Validate tide gauge reference marks on station and at tide gauge.
Project 5092 – Modernisation and Infrastructure:
- Survey the pits and lights between the ANARESAT dome and the fire hydrant.
- Spot heights along the isthmus.
- Survey the corners of the spa and sauna building and Riometer.
Project 4036 – Remediation of petroleum contaminants in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic:
- Provide heights on Piezo Tubes.
Issued: 2018-01-02
Data time period: 2016-11-26 to 2016-12-01
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
- global : fcdd7eb6-2c1c-40c5-8b51-32230bef4f6a
- DOI : 10.4225/15/5a4c240b55fb7
- Local : survey_2016-17_VMI
- URI : https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/survey_2016-17_VMI
- URI : https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/survey_2016-17_VMI