EPSG:9072 NAD83(MARP00)
Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Pacific - US interests Mariana plate. 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.
| Code | EPSG:9072 |
|---|---|
| Name | NAD83(MARP00) |
| Type | Geographic system |
| Area of use |
Pacific - US interests Mariana plate Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and Palau; onshore and offshore. |
| Bounds | W 129,48° · S 1,64° · E 149,55° · N 23,90° |
| Countries | Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Guam |
| Datum | North American Datum of 1983 (MARP00) |
| Ellipsoid | GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101 |
| Unit | degree (Lat north, Lon east) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Geodesy. |
proj4 definition
+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +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:9072.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
GEOGCS["GCS_NAD_1983_MARP00",DATUM["D_NAD_1983_MARP00",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]Other systems — Northern Mariana Islands
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.