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EPSG:3412 — NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic South

Projected · World - S hemisphere - south of 60°S

Export Formats

WKT2
PROJCRS[
    "NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic South",
    BASEGEOGCRS[
        "Hughes 1980",
        DATUM[
            "Hughes 1980",
            ELLIPSOID[
                "Hughes 1980",
                6378273,
                298.279411123064,
                LENGTHUNIT["metre",1,ID["EPSG",9001]],
                ID["EPSG",7058]
            ],
            ID["EPSG",1359]
        ],
        ID["EPSG",10345]
    ],
    CONVERSION[
        "US NSIDC Sea Ice polar stereographic south",
        METHOD["Polar Stereographic (variant B)",ID["EPSG",9829]],
        PARAMETER[
            "Latitude of standard parallel",
            -70,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,ID["EPSG",9102]],
            ID["EPSG",8832]
        ],
        PARAMETER[
            "Longitude of origin",
            0,
            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,ID["EPSG",9102]],
            ID["EPSG",8833]
        ],
        PARAMETER[
            "False easting",
            0,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1,ID["EPSG",9001]],
            ID["EPSG",8806]
        ],
        PARAMETER[
            "False northing",
            0,
            LENGTHUNIT["metre",1,ID["EPSG",9001]],
            ID["EPSG",8807]
        ],
        ID["EPSG",19866]
    ],
    CS[Cartesian,2,ID["EPSG",4470]],
    AXIS[
        "Easting (X)",
        North,
        MERIDIAN[90.0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,ID["EPSG",9102]]]
    ],
    AXIS[
        "Northing (Y)",
        North,
        MERIDIAN[0.0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,ID["EPSG",9102]]]
    ],
    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1,ID["EPSG",9001]],
    ID["EPSG",3412]
]

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