EPSG systems

EPSG:3976 WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic South

Projected system (Polar Stereographic (variant B)) in use: World - S hemisphere - south of 60°S. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
Code	EPSG:3976
Name	WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic South
Type	Projected system — Polar Stereographic (variant B)
Area of use	World - S hemisphere - south of 60°S Southern hemisphere - south of 60°S onshore and offshore - Antarctica.
Bounds	W -180,00° · S -90,00° · E 180,00° · N -60,00°
Countries	World
Datum	World Geodetic System 1984
Ellipsoid	WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Base geographic system	EPSG:4326 — WGS 84
Unit	metre (X north, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84	None: this is WGS 84
Scope	Polar research.

Projection parameters

Parameter	Value	Unit
Latitude of standard parallel	-70	degree
Longitude of origin	0	degree
False easting	0	metre
False northing	0	metre

proj4 definition

+proj=stere +lat_0=-90 +lat_ts=-70 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +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:3976.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["WGS_1984_NSIDC_Sea_Ice_Polar_Stereographic_South",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Stereographic_South_Pole"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",-70.0],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.

Projection parameters

proj4 definition

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

Other systems — World