EPSG systems

EPSG:4646 Grand Comoros

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Comoros - Njazidja (Grande Comore). Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4646
NameGrand Comoros
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Comoros - Njazidja (Grande Comore)
Bounds W 43,16° · S -11,99° · E 43,55° · N -11,31°
Countries Comoros
DatumGrand Comoros
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Grand Comoros to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:5521) — accuracy 999 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-963,510,-359 +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:4646.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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

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