EPSG systems

EPSG:4673 Chatham Islands 1979

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: New Zealand - Chatham Islands group. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4673
NameChatham Islands 1979
TypeGeographic system
Area of use New Zealand - Chatham Islands group
New Zealand - Chatham Islands group - onshore.
Bounds W -177,25° · S -44,64° · E -175,54° · N -43,30°
Countries New Zealand
DatumChatham Islands Datum 1979
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 CI1979 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1081) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=174.05,-25.49,112.57,0,0,0.554,0.2263 +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:4673.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Chatham_Islands_1979",DATUM["D_Chatham_Islands_1979",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — New Zealand

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