EPSG systems

EPSG:27260 NZGD49 / UTM zone 60S

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: New Zealand - nearshore east of 174°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:27260
NameNZGD49 / UTM zone 60S
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use New Zealand - nearshore east of 174°E
Bounds W 174,00° · S -44,13° · E 179,27° · N -34,24°
Countries New Zealand
DatumNew Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4272 — NZGD49
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NZGD49 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:1564) — accuracy 4 m
ScopeOil and gas exploration and production.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin177degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing10000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=60 +south +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=59.47,-5.04,187.44,0.47,-0.1,1.024,-4.5993 +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:27260.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NZGD_1949_UTM_Zone_60S",GEOGCS["GCS_New_Zealand_1949",DATUM["D_New_Zealand_1949",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",177.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — New Zealand

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