EPSG systems

EPSG:5464 Sibun Gorge 1922

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Belize - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.

System record
CodeEPSG:5464
NameSibun Gorge 1922
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Belize - onshore
Bounds W -89,22° · S 15,88° · E -87,72° · N 18,49°
Countries Belize
DatumSibun Gorge 1922
Ellipsoid Clarke 1858 a = 6378293.645208759 m · 1/f = 294.260676369
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeGeodesy, topographic mapping.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +a=6378293.64520876 +b=6356617.98767984 +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:5464.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Sibun_Gorge_1922",DATUM["D_Sibun_Gorge_1922",SPHEROID["Clarke_1858",6378293.64520876,294.260676369261]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Belize

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