EPSG:4708 Cocos Islands 1965
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Cocos (Keeling) Islands - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4708 |
|---|---|
| Name | Cocos Islands 1965 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use | Cocos (Keeling) Islands - onshore |
| Bounds | W 96,76° · S -12,27° · E 96,99° · N -11,76° |
| Countries | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Datum | Cocos Islands 1965 |
| Ellipsoid | Australian National Spheroid a = 6378160 m · 1/f = 298.25 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | Cocos Islands 1965 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15794) — accuracy 44 m |
| Scope | Military survey. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=aust_SA +towgs84=-491,-22,435 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:4708.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Anna_1_1965",DATUM["D_Anna_1_1965",SPHEROID["Australian",6378160.0,298.25]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.