EPSG systems

EPSG:4637 Perroud 1950

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Antarctica - Adelie Land coastal area. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4637
NamePerroud 1950
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Antarctica - Adelie Land coastal area
Antarctica - Adelie Land - coastal area between 136°E and 142°E.
Bounds W 136,00° · S -67,13° · E 142,00° · N -65,61°
Countries Antarctica
DatumPointe Geologie Perroud 1950
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Perroud 1950 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1922) — accuracy 10 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=325,154,172 +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:4637.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Pointe_Geologie_Perroud_1950",DATUM["D_Pointe_Geologie_Perroud_1950",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],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.