EPSG:4657 Reykjavik 1900
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Iceland - mainland. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4657 |
|---|---|
| Name | Reykjavik 1900 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use | Iceland - mainland |
| Bounds | W -24,66° · S 63,34° · E -13,38° · N 66,59° |
| Countries | Iceland |
| Datum | Reykjavik 1900 |
| Ellipsoid | Danish 1876 a = 6377019.27 m · 1/f = 300 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | Reykjavik 1900 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1994) — accuracy 10 m |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +a=6377019.27 +rf=300 +towgs84=-28,199,5 +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:4657.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Reykjavik_1900",DATUM["D_Reykjavik_1900",SPHEROID["Danish_1876",6377019.27,300.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]
Other systems — Iceland
- EPSG:3052Reykjavik 1900 / Lambert 1900
- EPSG:3053Hjorsey 1955 / Lambert 1955
- EPSG:3054Hjorsey 1955 / UTM zone 26N
- EPSG:3055Hjorsey 1955 / UTM zone 27N
- EPSG:3056Hjorsey 1955 / UTM zone 28N
- EPSG:3057ISN93 / Lambert 1993
- EPSG:4658Hjorsey 1955
- EPSG:4659ISN93
- EPSG:5324ISN2004
- EPSG:5325ISN2004 / Lambert 2004
- EPSG:5638ISN2004 / LAEA Europe
- EPSG:5639ISN2004 / LCC Europe
- EPSG:8086ISN2016
- EPSG:8088ISN2016 / Lambert 2016
- EPSG:9039ISN2016 / LAEA Europe
- EPSG:9040ISN2016 / LCC Europe
- EPSG:9947ISN2004 / LAEA Iceland
- EPSG:32626WGS 84 / UTM zone 26N
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.