EPSG systems

EPSG:5593 FEH2010

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Europe - Fehmarnbelt outer. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:5593
NameFEH2010
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Europe - Fehmarnbelt outer
Fehmarnbelt area of Denmark and Germany.
Bounds W 10,66° · S 54,33° · E 12,01° · N 54,83°
Countries Germany, Denmark
DatumFehmarnbelt Datum 2010
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 FEH2010 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:5599) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +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:5593.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_FEH2010",DATUM["D_Fehmarnbelt_Datum_2010",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Germany

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