EPSG:2159Projected
Sierra Leone 1924 / New Colony Grid
Type
Projected
Unit
Gold Coast foot
Area of use
Sierra Leone - Freetown Peninsula.
proj4 definition
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Well-Known Text (WKT)
PROJCS["Sierra Leone 1924 / New Colony Grid",GEOGCS["Sierra Leone 1924",DATUM["Sierra_Leone_Colony_1924",SPHEROID["War Office",6378300,296,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7029"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6174"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4174"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",6.66666666666667],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-12],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["Gold Coast foot",0.304799710181509,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9094"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2159"]]