EPSG systems

EPSG:7881 St. Helena Tritan

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: St Helena - St Helena Island. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:7881
NameSt. Helena Tritan
TypeGeographic system
Area of use St Helena - St Helena Island
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - St Helena Island - onshore.
Bounds W -5,85° · S -16,08° · E -5,59° · N -15,85°
Countries St. Helena
DatumSt. Helena Tritan
Ellipsoid WGS 84 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257223563
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 St. Helena Tritan to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:7898) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeHorizontal component of 3D system.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=-0.077,0.079,0.086 +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:7881.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["St_Helena_Tritan",DATUM["St_Helena_Tritan",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — St. Helena

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