EPSG systems

EPSG:2316 Campo Inchauspe / UTM zone 20S

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Argentina - Tierra del Fuego offshore east of 66°W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:2316
NameCampo Inchauspe / UTM zone 20S
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Argentina - Tierra del Fuego offshore east of 66°W
Argentina - Tierra del Fuego offshore Atlantic east of 66°W.
Bounds W -66,00° · S -54,93° · E -61,49° · N -51,36°
Countries Argentina
DatumCampo Inchauspe
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4221 — Campo Inchauspe
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Campo Inchauspe to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1127) — accuracy 9 m
ScopeOil and gas exploration.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-63degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing10000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=20 +south +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=-148,136,90 +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:2316.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Campo_Inchauspe_UTM_20S",GEOGCS["GCS_Campo_Inchauspe",DATUM["D_Campo_Inchauspe",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-63.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],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.