EPSG systems

EPSG:6636 NAD83(PA11) / UTM zone 2S

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: American Samoa - 2 main island groups and Rose Island. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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:6636
NameNAD83(PA11) / UTM zone 2S
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use American Samoa - 2 main island groups and Rose Island
American Samoa - Tutuila, Aunu'u, Ofu, Olesega, Ta'u and Rose islands.
Bounds W -170,88° · S -14,59° · E -168,09° · N -14,11°
Countries American Samoa
DatumNAD83 (National Spatial Reference System PA11)
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:6322 — NAD83(PA11)
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-171degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing10000000metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=2 +south +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +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:6636.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_PA11_UTM_Zone_2S",GEOGCS["GCS_NAD_1983_PA11",DATUM["D_NAD_1983_PA11",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-171.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — American Samoa

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