EPSG systems

EPSG:2081 Chos Malal 1914 / Argentina 2

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Argentina - Mendoza and Neuquen 70.5°W to 67.5°W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2081
NameChos Malal 1914 / Argentina 2
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Argentina - Mendoza and Neuquen 70.5°W to 67.5°W
Argentina - Mendoza and Neuquen provinces between 70°30'W and 67°30'W - Neuquen and Cuyo basins.
Bounds W -70,51° · S -43,41° · E -67,49° · N -31,91°
Countries Argentina
DatumChos Malal 1914
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4160 — Chos Malal 1914
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Chos Malal 1914 to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:9258) — accuracy 2.5 m
ScopeOil and gas exploration and production.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin-90degree
Longitude of natural origin-69degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting2500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=-90 +lon_0=-69 +k=1 +x_0=2500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=15.75,164.93,126.18 +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:2081.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Chos_Malal_1914_Argentina_2",GEOGCS["GCS_Chos_Malal_1914",DATUM["D_Chos_Malal_1914",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",2500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-69.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",-90.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Argentina

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.