EPSG systems

EPSG:4693 Nakhl-e Ghanem

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Iran - Kangan district. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4693
NameNakhl-e Ghanem
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Iran - Kangan district
Bounds W 51,80° · S 27,30° · E 53,01° · N 28,20°
Countries Iran
DatumNakhl-e Ghanem
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Nakhl-e Ghanem to WGS 84 (6) (EPSG:15746) — accuracy 0.2 m
ScopeEngineering survey for onshore facilities for South Pars phase 11 and Pars LNG.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,-0.15,0.68 +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:4693.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Nakhl-e_Ghanem",DATUM["D_Nakhl-e_Ghanem",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Iran

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