EPSG systems

EPSG:3307 Nakhl-e Ghanem / UTM zone 39N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Iran - Kangan district. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:3307
NameNakhl-e Ghanem / UTM zone 39N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Iran - Kangan district
Bounds W 51,80° · S 27,30° · E 53,01° · N 28,20°
Countries Iran
DatumNakhl-e Ghanem
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Base geographic system EPSG:4693 — Nakhl-e Ghanem
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Nakhl-e Ghanem to WGS 84 (6) (EPSG:15746) — accuracy 0.2 m
ScopeEngineering survey for onshore facilities for South Pars phase 11 and Pars LNG.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin51degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=39 +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +towgs84=0,-0.15,0.68 +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:3307.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Nakhl-e_Ghanem_UTM_Zone_39N",GEOGCS["GCS_Nakhl-e_Ghanem",DATUM["D_Nakhl-e_Ghanem",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",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",51.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Iran

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