EPSG systems

EPSG:2195 NAD83(HARN) / UTM zone 2S

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: American Samoa - 2 main island groups and Rose Island. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2195
NameNAD83(HARN) / UTM zone 2S
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use American Samoa - 2 main island groups and Rose Island
American Samoa - Tutuila, Aunu'u, Ofu, Olesega, Ta'u and Rose islands.
Bounds W -170,88° · S -14,59° · E -168,09° · N -14,11°
Countries American Samoa
DatumNAD83 (High Accuracy Reference Network)
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4152 — NAD83(HARN)
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD83(HARN) to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1580) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-171degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing10000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=2 +south +ellps=GRS80 +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:2195.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_HARN_UTM_Zone_2S",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983_HARN",DATUM["D_North_American_1983_HARN",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-171.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — American Samoa

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