EPSG systems

EPSG:4195 Scoresbysund 1952

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

System record
CodeEPSG:4195
NameScoresbysund 1952
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Greenland - Scoresbysund area
Greenland - Scoresbysund area onshore.
Bounds W -29,69° · S 68,66° · E -19,89° · N 74,58°
Countries Greenland
DatumScoresbysund 1952
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Scoresbysund 1952 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1799) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=105,326,-102.5,0,0,0.814,-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:4195.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Scoresbysund_1952",DATUM["D_Scoresbysund_1952",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.