EPSG systems

EPSG:4194 Qornoq 1927

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Greenland - west coast. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4194
NameQornoq 1927
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Greenland - west coast
Greenland - west coast onshore.
Bounds W -73,29° · S 59,74° · E -42,52° · N 79,00°
Countries Greenland
DatumQornoq 1927
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Qornoq 1927 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:1798) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=163.511,127.533,-159.789,0,0,0.814,-0.6 +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:4194.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Qornoq_1927",DATUM["D_Qornoq_1927",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Greenland

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