EPSG systems

EPSG:29221 Sapper Hill 1943 / UTM zone 21S

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Falkland Islands - onshore east of 60°W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:29221
NameSapper Hill 1943 / UTM zone 21S
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Falkland Islands - onshore east of 60°W
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - onshore east of 60°W.
Bounds W -60,00° · S -52,51° · E -57,60° · N -51,13°
Countries Falkland Islands
DatumSapper Hill 1943
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4292 — Sapper Hill 1943
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Sapper Hill 1943 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1225) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-57degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing10000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=21 +south +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=-355,21,72 +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:29221.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Sapper_Hill_1943_UTM_Zone_21S",GEOGCS["GCS_Sapper_Hill_1943",DATUM["D_Sapper_Hill_1943",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",-57.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Falkland Islands

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