EPSG:6892 South East Island 1943
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Seychelles - Seychelles Bank. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.
| Code | EPSG:6892 |
|---|---|
| Name | South East Island 1943 |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Seychelles - Seychelles Bank Seychelles - Mahe, Silhouette, North, Aride Island, Praslin, La Digue and Frigate islands including adjacent smaller granitic islands on the Seychelles Bank, Bird Island and Denis Island. |
| Bounds | W 55,15° · S -4,86° · E 56,01° · N -3,66° |
| Countries | Seychelles |
| Datum | South East Island 1943 |
| Ellipsoid | Clarke 1880 (RGS) a = 6378249.145 m · 1/f = 293.465 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | South East Island 1943 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:6926) — accuracy 1 m |
| Scope | Cadastre, hydrography, topographic mapping. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +a=6378249.145 +rf=293.465 +towgs84=-76.269,-16.683,68.562,-6.275,10.536,-4.286,-13.686 +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:6892.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_South_East_Island_1943",DATUM["D_South_East_Island_1943",SPHEROID["Clarke_1880_RGS",6378249.145,293.465]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Seychelles
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.