EPSG systems

EPSG:26740 NAD27 / Alaska zone 10

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)) in use: USA - Alaska - Aleutian Islands. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:26740
NameNAD27 / Alaska zone 10
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)
Area of use USA - Alaska - Aleutian Islands
United States (USA) - Alaska - Aleutian Islands onshore.
Bounds W 172,42° · S 51,30° · E -164,84° · N 54,34°
Countries United States
DatumNorth American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214
Base geographic system EPSG:4267 — NAD27
Unit US survey foot (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD27 to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:1172) — accuracy 20 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of false origin51degree
Longitude of false origin-176degree
Latitude of 1st standard parallel53.833333333333336degree
Latitude of 2nd standard parallel51.833333333333336degree
Easting at false origin3000000US survey foot
Northing at false origin0US survey foot

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_0=51 +lon_0=-176 +lat_1=53.8333333333333 +lat_2=51.8333333333333 +x_0=914401.828803658 +y_0=0 +a=6378206.4000000004 +rf=294.9786982139 +units=us-ft +towgs84=-10,158,187 +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:26740.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1927_StatePlane_Alaska_10_FIPS_5010",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1927",DATUM["D_North_American_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",3000000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-176.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",53.8333333333333],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",51.8333333333333],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",51.0],UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]]

All systems — United States

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