EPSG systems

EPSG:32741 WGS 84 / UTM zone 41S

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: World - S hemisphere - 60°E to 66°E - by country. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:32741
NameWGS 84 / UTM zone 41S
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use World - S hemisphere - 60°E to 66°E - by country
Between 60°E and 66°E, southern hemisphere between 80°S and equator, onshore and offshore.
Bounds W 60,00° · S -80,00° · E 66,00° · N 0,00°
Countries World
DatumWorld Geodetic System 1984
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Base geographic system EPSG:4326 — WGS 84
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 None: this is WGS 84
ScopeNavigation and medium accuracy spatial referencing.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin63degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing10000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=41 +south +datum=WGS84 +units=m +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:32741.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_41S",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],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 — World

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