EPSG systems

EPSG:5316 ETRS89 / Faroe TM

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Faroe Islands. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:5316
NameETRS89 / Faroe TM
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands - onshore and offshore.
Bounds W -13,91° · S 59,94° · E -0,48° · N 65,70°
Countries Faroe Islands
DatumEuropean Terrestrial Reference System 1989
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4258 — ETRS89
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 ETRS89 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1149) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeEngineering survey.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-7degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.999997unity
False easting200000metre
False northing-6000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=-7 +k=0.999997 +x_0=200000 +y_0=-6000000 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:5316.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["ETRS_1989_FAROE_TM",GEOGCS["GCS_ETRS_1989",DATUM["D_ETRS_1989",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",200000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",-6000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-7.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.999997],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Faroe Islands

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