EPSG:4292 Sapper Hill 1943
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Falkland Islands - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4292 |
|---|---|
| Name | Sapper Hill 1943 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Falkland Islands - onshore Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - onshore. |
| Bounds | W -61,55° · S -52,51° · E -57,60° · N -50,96° |
| Countries | Falkland Islands |
| Datum | Sapper Hill 1943 |
| Ellipsoid | International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | Sapper Hill 1943 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1225) — accuracy 2 m |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-355,21,72 +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:4292.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Sapper_Hill_1943",DATUM["D_Sapper_Hill_1943",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Falkland Islands
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.