EPSG systems

EPSG:4182 Azores Occidental 1939

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Portugal - Azores W - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4182
NameAzores Occidental 1939
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Portugal - Azores W - onshore
Portugal - western Azores onshore - Flores, Corvo.
Bounds W -31,34° · S 39,30° · E -31,02° · N 39,77°
Countries Portugal
DatumAzores Occidental Islands 1939
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Azores Occidental 1939 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:1982) — accuracy 5 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-422.651,-172.995,84.02 +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:4182.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Azores_Occidental_1939",DATUM["D_Azores_Occidental_Islands_1939",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Portugal

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