EPSG systems

EPSG:2165 Abidjan 1987 / TM 5 NW

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - offshore. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2165
NameAbidjan 1987 / TM 5 NW
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - offshore
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - offshore.
Bounds W -7,55° · S 1,02° · E -3,11° · N 5,19°
Countries Côte d’Ivoire
DatumAbidjan 1987
Ellipsoid Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465
Base geographic system EPSG:4143 — Abidjan 1987
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Abidjan 1987 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:6872) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeOil and gas exploration and production.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-5degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=-5 +k=0.9996 +x_0=500000 +y_0=0 +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +units=m +towgs84=-123.1,53.2,465.4 +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:2165.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Abidjan_1987_TM_5_NW",GEOGCS["GCS_Abidjan_1987",DATUM["D_Abidjan_1987",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-5.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Côte d’Ivoire

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