EPSG:4139 Puerto Rico
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Caribbean - Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4139 |
|---|---|
| Name | Puerto Rico |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Caribbean - Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands - onshore Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands - onshore. |
| Bounds | W -67,97° · S 17,62° · E -64,25° · N 18,78° |
| Countries | British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico |
| Datum | Puerto Rico |
| Ellipsoid | Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | Puerto Rico to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:1893) — accuracy 6 m |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +towgs84=11,72,-101 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:4139.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Puerto_Rico",DATUM["D_Puerto_Rico",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — British Virgin Islands
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.