EPSG systems

EPSG:4707 Tern Island 1961

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: USA - Hawaii - Tern Island and Sorel Atoll. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4707
NameTern Island 1961
TypeGeographic system
Area of use USA - Hawaii - Tern Island and Sorel Atoll
United States (USA) - Hawaii - Tern Island and Sorel Atoll.
Bounds W -166,36° · S 23,69° · E -166,03° · N 23,93°
Countries United States
DatumTern Island 1961
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Tern Island 1961 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15795) — accuracy 44 m
ScopeMilitary survey.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=114,-116,-333 +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:4707.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Tern_Island_1961",DATUM["D_Tern_Island_1961",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — United States

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