EPSG systems

EPSG:21006 GSK-2011 / Gauss-Kruger CM 33E

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Russia - 30°E to 36°E onshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:21006
NameGSK-2011 / Gauss-Kruger CM 33E
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Russia - 30°E to 36°E onshore
Russian Federation - onshore between 30°E and 36°E.
Bounds W 30,00° · S 50,34° · E 36,00° · N 70,02°
Countries Russia
DatumGeodezicheskaya Sistema Koordinat 2011
Ellipsoid GSK-2011 a = 6378136.5 m · 1/f = 298.2564151
Base geographic system EPSG:7683 — GSK-2011
Unit metre (X north, Y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 GSK-2011 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:9773) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeTopographic mapping (medium scale).

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin33degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=33 +k=1 +x_0=500000 +y_0=0 +a=6378136.5 +rf=298.2564151 +units=m +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:21006.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["GSK-2011_Gauss-Kruger_CM_33E",GEOGCS["GCS_GSK-2011",DATUM["Geodezicheskaya_Sistema_Koordinat_2011",SPHEROID["GSK-2011",6378136.5,298.2564151]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Gauss_Kruger"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",33.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Russia

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