EPSG:26905

NAD83 / UTM zone 5N

Available transformations
to EPSG:8246
EPSG:8246 - NAD83(CSRS)v4

Selected transformation

Name: NAD83 to NAD83(CSRS)v4 (9)

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: BC_93_05.GSB

Remarks: Derived through NAD83(CSRS)v4.

Information source: GeoBC, Government of British Columbia, via ISO Geodetic Register.

Revision date: 2026-02-10

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: NAD83

Datum: North American Datum 1983

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Revision date: 2007-05-29

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Replaces NAD27 / UTM zone 5N in Alaska and Old Hawaii / UTM zone 5N in Hawaii. For accuracies better than 1m replaced by NAD83(NSRS) / UTM zone 5N in Alaska and NAD83(HARN) UTM zone 5N in Hawaii.

Area of use: United States (USA) - between 156°W and 150°W onshore and offshore - Alaska, Hawaii.

Coordinate system: Cartesian 2D CS. Axes: easting, northing (E,N). Orientations: east, north. UoM: m.

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Center coordinates
2212923.78 6375554.76

Projected bounds:
1327719.63 5534692.78
3282760.31 7292268.96

WGS84 bounds:
-138.07 48.99
-114.33 60.01

Canada - British Columbia - mainland between 138°05'W and 114°20'W and Graham Island.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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                PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-153,
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                PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996,
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                PARAMETER["False northing",0,
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                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
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                    ORDER[2],
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
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Definition: PROJ.4

+proj=utm +zone=5 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs

Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js) 

proj4.defs("EPSG:26905","+proj=utm +zone=5 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs");

Definition: JSON

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    }
}

Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

PROJECTION
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	"zone=5"
	"datum=NAD83"
	"units=m"
	"no_defs"
	"type=crs"
END

Definition: Mapnik

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	</Layer>
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