EPSG:5936Projected

WGS 84 / EPSG Alaska Polar Stereographic

Type
Projected
Unit
metre

Area of use

Northern hemisphere - north of 60°N onshore and offshore, including Arctic.

proj4 definition

+proj=stere +lat_0=90 +lon_0=-150 +k=0.994 +x_0=2000000 +y_0=2000000 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Well-Known Text (WKT)

PROJCS["WGS 84 / EPSG Alaska Polar Stereographic",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",90],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-150],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.994],PARAMETER["false_easting",2000000],PARAMETER["false_northing",2000000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","5936"]]
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