Site Number: 229
Current Site Name: PIE TOWN
Other Site Name:
Location: PIE TOWN, NM
Geographic Region: NORTH AMERICA
Tectonic Plate: NORTH AMERICAN
Primary Scientific Purposes: MEASUREMENTS SUPPORTING THE DETERMINATION OF PLATE MOTION, PLATE STABILITY, POLAR MOTION/EARTH ROTATION, REGIONAL DEFORMATION, AND INTERCOMPARISON OF MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES.
Site Description: THE STATION IS LOCATED AT THE NRAO VLBA FACILITY NEAR PIETOWN. THE STATION IS 21 MILES NORTH OF DATIL, NM.
Site Topo Map: UNKNOWN
Geological Province: NONE
Local Geology: UNKNOWN
Comments: NONE
Site Number: 229
Current Site Name: PIE TOWN
Location: PIE TOWN, NM
Number of Observing Monuments: 1
Surveyed into National Network? YES
Monument Number: 7234
Type of Monument: INTERSECTION OF AXES
Monument Inscription: NONE
Systems Using Monument: 25 METER VLBA ANTENNA
Latitude: N 34 18' 03.65096"
Longitude: W 108 07' 09.04376"
Elevation: 2385.940 meters
Height Above Ellipsoid: 2365.035 meters
Survey Source/Date: BFEC / 05-JAN-93
Datum/Ellipsoid: NAD83/GRS 80
Comments: NONE
Differential Coordinates FROM Observing Monument 7234 TO Reference Monuments and Other Observing Monuments
Data Source: BFEC
Mon. Number Monument Inscription X Y Z 4009 JPL/NASA GPS PIER (4009-S) 36.9162 34.8267 35.3550 -- PIE TOWN VLBA RM 1 60.1494 28.5862 34.6957 -- PIE TOWN VLBA RM 2 -69.4865 -135.7720 -208.7317 -- PIE TOWN VLBA RM 3 -265.2430 73.8394 -6.4496 -- VLBI (1988) -29.3183 -221.1968 -309.0211
Mon. Number Monument Inscription North East Up 4009 JPL/NASA GPS PIER (4009-S) 54.2468 24.2543 -16.9599 -- PIE TOWN VLBA RM 1 54.5143 48.2762 -18.3444 -- PIE TOWN VLBA RM 2 -- PIE TOWN VLBA RM 3 -- VLBI (1988)
Site Number: 229
Current Site Name: PIE TOWN
Location: PIE TOWN, NM
Monument Occupying Occupation Starting Ending Number System Designator Date DateNo Previous Occupations
Monument Occupying Occupation Starting Ending Number System Designator Date Date 7234 25-METER 72348601 01-JAN-88 31-DEC-99