Site Number: 680
Current Site Name: DIYARBAKIR
Other Site Name:
Location: DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY
Geographic Region: MEDITERRANEAN
Tectonic Plate: ARABIAN
Primary Scientific Purposes: MEASUREMENTS SUPPORTING THE DETERMINATION OF REGIONAL DEFORMATION AND THE KINEMATICS OF THE EAST AND CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN.
Site Description: THIS WEGENER-MEDLAS SITE IS THE EASTERN MOST SITE IN TURKEY. IT IS THE ONLY SITE ASSUMED TO BE ON THE ARABIAN TECTONIC PLATE. THE SITE HAS RECENTLY BEEN VANDALIZED WHERE ALMOST ALL GEODETIC MARKS AT THE SITE WERE REMOVED. IFAG IS WORKING WITH THE TURKS TO IMPLEMENT A NEW SITE IN A MORE SECURE MILITARY AREA AND HOPE TO MAKE A REASONABLE TIE TO THE NEW SITE.
Site Topo Map: UNKNOWN
Geological Province: NONE
Local Geology: UNKNOWN
Comments: NONE
Site Number: 680
Current Site Name: DIYARBAKIR
Location: DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY
Number of Observing Monuments: 1
Surveyed into National Network? NO
Monument Number: 7575
Type of Monument:
Monument Inscription: NONE
Systems Using Monument: MOBILE LASER RANGING SYSTEM
Latitude: N 37 55' 12.72"
Longitude: E 40 11' 41.72"
Elevation: meters
Height Above Ellipsoid: 725.068 meters
Survey Source/Date: COORDINATES PROVIDED BY DR. DANNY VAN LOON / 01-AUG-87
Datum/Ellipsoid:
Comments: THE MONUMENT WAS REPORTED DESTROYED IN 1989
Differential Coordinates FROM Observing Monument 7575 TO Reference Monuments and Other Observing Monuments
Data Source: NTUA SURVEY
Mon. Number Monument Inscription X Y Z
Mon. Number Monument Inscription North East Up
Site Number: 680
Current Site Name: DIYARBAKIR
Location: DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY
Monument Occupying Occupation Starting Ending Number System Designator Date Date 7575 MTLRS-1 75751501 23-MAR-87 15-MAY-87 7575 MTLRS-1 75751502 11-SEP-89 26-SEP-89
Monument Occupying Occupation Starting Ending Number System Designator Date DateNo Previous Occupations