Updated: 28 June 2005

Macquarie Island GPS Station

Australian Regional GPS Network

Station Identification
Station Coordinates
Station Equipment
Site Information
Station Information

Station Identification

Station Name	MACQUARIE	Station Number	AUS211
4 Character ID	MAC1	DOMES Number	50135M001

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Station Coordinates

Datum	ITRF97 - Epoch of 1997.0
Latitude	S54° 29' 58".31811	Longitude	E158° 56' 09".00137
Observed Ellipsoid Height	-6.745 metres
X	-3464038.499	Y	1334172.772
Z	-5169224.348
Grid System	UTM - GRS 80	Grid Zone	57
Easting	0495844.469	Northing	3960895.803
Geoid Separation (EGM96)	-20.220 metres	MSL Height	12.891 metres

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Station Equipment

Receiver	Ashtech Z12
Antenna	AOA Dorne Margolin T

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Site Information

MAC1 Station mark [jpg_20k] is a brass plate with a centred 5/8 inch spigot mounted on top of a 0.5 metre square concrete pillar, 1.2 metres high. The site is located at the Australian Antarctic Research Station.

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Station Information

Data Quality & Availability
Photograph showing the Station Mark position [jpg_32k]
Station Log
ARGN News

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For more information contact: geodesy@ga.gov.au