EPSG systems

EPSG:4176 Australian Antarctic

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Antarctica - Australian sector. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4176
NameAustralian Antarctic
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Antarctica - Australian sector
Antarctica between 45°E and 136°E and between 142°E and 160°E - Australian sector.
Bounds W 45,00° · S -90,00° · E 160,00° · N -60,00°
Countries Antarctica
DatumAustralian Antarctic Datum 1998
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Australian Antarctic to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1890) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:4176.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Australian_Antarctic_1998",DATUM["D_Australian_Antarctic_1998",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Antarctica

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