GROUND TRUTH COORDINATES AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
OF UNTs AND SHAFTS AT THE BALAPAN SUBAREA OF STS
The Balapan (or, Shagan) subarea of STS has the following coordinates:
49.86N - 50.07N and 78.67E - 79.03E
with
total area 23km x 23 km = 540 sq.km.
At the Balapan subarea a total of 105 UNTs were carried out in 106
shafts (UNT #661 was carried out in two shafts).
- In the following Table are shown:
- identification number of
the UNT,
- the date,
- the latitude and longitude of the shaft, and
- the number or other identifier
of the shaft, where where the UNT was carried out, according to [1].
- Ground truth coordinates of the shafts
are from the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan
[Oslo. 1999], listed as reference [2].
-
Table 1. Ground truth coordinates and identification
numbers of UNTs and shafts at the Balapan subarea of STS
Test # | Date | Lat., N | Long., E | Shaft |
231 | 1995-Jan-15 | 49.93500 | 79.00936 | 1004 |
285 | 1968-Jun-19 | 49.98025 | 78.98550 | 1053 |
312 | 1969-Nov-30 | 49.92428 | 78.95575 | 1054 |
341 | 1971-Jun-30 | 49.94600 | 78.98047 | 1056 |
355 | 1972-Feb-10 | 50.02428 | 78.87808 | 1007 |
373 | 1972-Nov-02 | 49.92697 | 78.81725 | 1061 |
377 | 1972-Dec-10 | 50.02700 | 78.99556 | 1204 |
382 | 1973-Jul-23 | 49.96889 | 78.81750 | 1066 |
387 | 1973-Sep-20 | 49.96167 | 78.85556 | 1267 |
393 | 1973-Nov-04 | 50.06306 | 78.93306 | 1069 |
394 | 1973-Dec-14 | 50.04381 | 78.98569 | 1064 |
398 | 1974-Apr-16 | 50.02444 | 78.92639 | 1301 |
400 | 1974-May-31 | 49.96056 | 78.84417 | 1207 |
404 | 1974-Jul-29 | 49.93750 | 78.93583 | 1050 |
410 | 1974-Oct-16 | 49.98750 | 78.89417 | 1005 |
416 | 1974-Dec-27 | 49.96583 | 79.00333 | 1058 |
421 | 1975-Apr-27 | 49.93750 | 78.90361 | 1205 |
423 | 1975-Jun-30 | 49.98556 | 78.89694 | A |
433 | 1975-Oct-29 | 49.95389 | 78.87389 | 1206 |
435 | 1975-Dec-25 | 50.04389 | 78.82000 | 1067 |
440 | 1976-Apr-21 | 49.90056 | 78.83083 | 1201 |
443 | 1976-Jun-09 | 49.99361 | 79.02444 | 1075 |
444 | 1976-Jul-04 | 49.90417 | 78.89944 | 1062 |
448 | 1976-Aug-28 | 49.97500 | 78.92639 | 1202 |
453 | 1976-Nov-23 | 50.01306 | 78.94333 | 1207-bis |
454 | 1976-Dec-07 | 49.94389 | 78.83917 | 1304 |
455 | 1976-Dec-07 | 49.89917 | 78.78639 | 1209 |
460 | 1977-May-29 | 49.94639 | 78.77167 | 1400 |
461 | 1977-Jun-29 | 49.99944 | 78.86667 | 1080 |
468 | 1997-Sep-05 | 50.05556 | 78.91417 | 1079 |
474 | 1977-Oct-29 | 50.05222 | 78.98028 | 1214 |
476 | 1977-Nov-12 | 50.05222 | 78.86444 | 1073 |
478 | 1977-Nov-30 | 49.96722 | 78.87444 | Glubokaya |
487 | 1978-Jun-11 | 49.91333 | 78.80194 | 1010 |
488 | 1978-Jul-05 | 49.90000 | 78.86667 | 1077 |
494 | 1978-Aug-29 | 50.00611 | 78.96722 | 1228 |
496 | 1978-Sep-15 | 49.92833 | 78.86167 | 1211 |
505 | 1978-Nov-04 | 50.04167 | 78.94722 | 1302 |
506 | 1978-Nov-29 | 49.95333 | 78.79528 | 1222 |
514 | 1979-Feb-01 | 50.08083 | 78.85333 | 1006 |
521 | 1979-Jun-23 | 49.91472 | 78.84583 | 1223 |
522 | 1979-Jul-07 | 50.03306 | 78.98917 | 1225 |
526 | 1979-Aug-04 | 49.90306 | 78.88778 | 1085 |
528 | 1979-Aug-18 | 49.94806 | 78.91889 | 1226 |
538 | 1979-Oct-28 | 49.99667 | 78.99500 | 1224 |
540 | 1979-Dec-02 | 49.90944 | 78.78444 | 1309 |
542 | 1979-Dec-23 | 49.93222 | 78.75278 | Glubokaya-1 |
546 | 1980-Apr-25 | 49.97639 | 78.75944 | 1071 |
548 | 1980-Jun-12 | 49.98872 | 78.99108 | 1083 |
552 | 1980-Jun-29 | 49.94861 | 78.81806 | 1227 |
554 | 1980-Sep-14 | 49.93667 | 78.79750 | 1220 |
558 | 1980-Oct-12 | 49.96750 | 79.02250 | 1087 |
564 | 1980-Dec-14 | 49.90889 | 78.91861 | 1086 |
566 | 1980-Dec-27 | 50.06194 | 78.97528 | 1303 |
568 | 1981-Mar-29 | 50.01806 | 78.97881 | 1234 |
569 | 1981-Apr-22 | 49.89889 | 78.80861 | 1232 |
571 | 1981-May-27 | 49.98694 | 78.97056 | 1203 |
577 | 1981-Sep-13 | 49.91333 | 78.89444 | 1233 |
582 | 1981-Oct-18 | 49.92806 | 78.84472 | 1236 |
585 | 1981-Nov-29 | 49.90194 | 78.84889 | 1237 |
587 | 1981-Dec-27 | 49.93306 | 78.77833 | 1312 |
589 | 1982-Apr-25 | 49.91694 | 78.88778 | 1219 |
591 | 1982-Jul-04 | 49.95861 | 78.81167 | 1321 |
594 | 1982-Aug-31 | 49.91417 | 78.76139 | 1317 |
604 | 1982-Dec-05 | 49.93083 | 78.80972 | 1314 |
606 | 1982-Dec-26 | 50.06306 | 78.99389 | 1415 |
611 | 1983-Jun-12 | 49.92500 | 78.89806 | 1320 |
625 | 1983-Oct-06 | 49.92458 | 78.75069 | 1325 |
626 | 1983-Oct-26 | 49.91250 | 78.82167 | 1307 |
628 | 1983-Nov-20 | 50.05083 | 78.99917 | 1235 |
632 | 1984-Feb-19 | 49.89611 | 78.74306 | 1331 |
633 | 1984-Mar-07 | 50.05000 | 78.95611 | 1308 |
634 | 1984-Mar-29 | 49.91111 | 78.92694 | 1335 |
636 | 1984-Apr-25 | 49.93583 | 78.85056 | 1316 |
637 | 1984-May-26 | 49.97889 | 79.00556 | 1414 |
638 | 1984-Jul-14 | 49.90944 | 78.87722 | 1344 |
654 | 1984-Oct-27 | 49.93472 | 78.92806 | 1323 |
656 | 1984-Dec-02 | 50.00611 | 79.00889 | 1411 |
657 | 1984-Dec-16 | 49.94583 | 78.80861 | 1313 |
658 | 1984-Dec-28 | 49.88028 | 78.70389 | 1353 |
659 | 1985-Feb-10 | 49.89917 | 78.78056 | 1340 |
660 | 1985-Apr-25 | 49.92667 | 78.88083 | 1319 |
661 | 1985-Jun-15 | 49.92028 | 78.81944 | 1061-bis |
661 | 1985-Jun-15 | 49.90861 | 78.84278 | 1341 |
663 | 1985-Jun-30 | 49.86444 | 78.66861 | 1354 |
667 | 1985-Jul-20 | 49.94972 | 78.78389 | 1322 |
670 | 1987-Mar-12 | 49.93528 | 78.82889 | 1315 |
671 | 1987-Apr-03 | 49.91806 | 78.78028 | 1318 |
673 | 1987-Apr-17 | 49.87778 | 78.66889 | 1384 |
678 | 1987-Jun-20 | 49.93528 | 78.74417 | 1326 |
683 | 1987-Aug-02 | 49.88056 | 78.87472 | 1348 |
688 | 1987-Nov-15 | 49.89861 | 78.75806 | 1332 |
689 | 1987-Dec-13 | 49.96306 | 78.79306 | 1355 |
691 | 1987-Dec-27 | 49.87944 | 78.72500 | 1388 |
693 | 1988-Feb-13 | 49.93667 | 78.86389 | 1361 |
694 | 1988-Apr-03 | 49.90833 | 78.90833 | 1336 |
696 | 1988-May-05 | 49.94944 | 78.75028 | 1359 |
698 | 1988-Jun-14 | 50.01889 | 78.96056 | 1421 |
701 | 1988-Sep-14 | 49.87778 | 78.82306 | 1350 |
703 | 1988-Nov-12 | 50.04306 | 78.96889 | 1412 |
706 | 1988-Dec-17 | 49.88194 | 78.92472 | 1346 |
708 | 1989-Jan-22 | 49.93944 | 78.81944 | 1328 |
709 | 1989-Feb-12 | 49.91861 | 78.71111 | 1366 |
711 | 1989-Jul-08 | 49.86778 | 78.78028 | 1352 |
712 | 1989-Sep-02 | 50.00583 | 78.98556 | 1410 |
714 | 1989-Oct-19 | 49.92222 | 78.90833 | 1365 |
|
- Notes on the Table:
- The first UNT at Balapan was on 1965 Jan 15. It was an excavation explosion, making a crater. The crater lip dammed the Shagan River.
- Test #661 was carried out in two separate shafts, 1061-bis and 1341.
- REFERENCES
- [1] USSR Nuclear Weapons Tests and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions, 1949
through 1990 . Official publication of the Ministry of Atomic
Energy and Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Chief Editor
V.I. Mikhaylov. Moscow, 1996, 63 p. (in English).
- [2] Proceedings of the Location Calibration Workshop held in January 1999 in Oslo, Norway, under the auspices of the Preparatory Technical Secretariat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. Material submitted by the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
[back to the top]
[back to the list of supplementary material]
[to Paul Richards' home page]