EPSG systems

EPSG:9406 PN84 / UTM zone 27N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Spain - Canary Islands - El Hierro west of 18°W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:9406
NamePN84 / UTM zone 27N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Spain - Canary Islands - El Hierro west of 18°W
Spain - Canary Islands - El Hierro onshore west of 18°W.
Bounds W -18,22° · S 27,59° · E -18,00° · N 27,88°
Countries Spain
DatumPico de las Nieves 1984
Ellipsoid International 1924 a = 6378388 m · 1/f = 297
Base geographic system EPSG:4728 — PN84
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 PN84 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:15815) — accuracy 44 m
ScopeGeodesy, engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-21degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=27 +ellps=intl +units=m +towgs84=-307,-92,127 +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:9406.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["PN84_UTM_zone_27N",GEOGCS["GCS_Pico_de_Las_Nieves",DATUM["D_Pico_de_Las_Nieves",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-21.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Spain

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