EPSG systems

EPSG:4715 Camp Area Astro

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Antarctica - Camp McMurdo area. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4715
NameCamp Area Astro
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Antarctica - Camp McMurdo area
Antarctica - McMurdo Sound, Camp McMurdo area.
Bounds W 165,73° · S -77,94° · E 167,43° · N -77,17°
Countries Antarctica
DatumCamp Area Astro
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Camp Area Astro to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15802) — accuracy 999 m
ScopeMilitary survey.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=intl +towgs84=-104,-129,239 +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:4715.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

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

All systems — Antarctica

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