EPSG:4732 Marshall Islands 1960
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Pacific - Marshall Islands, Wake - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:4732 |
|---|---|
| Name | Marshall Islands 1960 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Pacific - Marshall Islands, Wake - onshore Marshall Islands - onshore. Wake atoll onshore. |
| Bounds | W 162,27° · S 8,66° · E 167,82° · N 19,38° |
| Countries | Marshall Islands, U.S. Outlying Islands |
| Datum | Marshall Islands 1960 |
| Ellipsoid | Hough 1960 a = 6378270 m · 1/f = 297 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | Marshall Islands 1960 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15822) — accuracy 6 m |
| Scope | Military survey. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=hough +towgs84=102,52,-38 +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:4732.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_Wake_Eniwetok_1960",DATUM["D_Wake_Eniwetok_1960",SPHEROID["Hough_1960",6378270.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Marshall Islands
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.