EPSG:3171

RGNC91-93 / UTM zone 59S

Available transformations
to EPSG:4644

Selected transformation

Name: RGNC91-93 to NEA74 Noumea (4)

Method: NTv2

Grid Files: RGNC1991_NEA74Noumea.gsb

Remarks: Emulation using NTv2 method of tfm NEA74 Noumea to RGNC91-93 (3) (code 9328). Note reversal of sign of parameter values in grid file.

Information source: ESRI

Revision date: 2026-02-10

Attributes

Unit: metre

Geodetic CRS: RGNC91-93

Datum: Reseau Geodesique de Nouvelle Caledonie 91-93

Ellipsoid: GRS 1980

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Service Topographique de la Nouvelle Caledonie, Direction des Infrastructures, de la Topographie et des Transports Terrestres. www.dittt.gouv.nc

Revision date: 2023-03-31

Scope: Engineering survey, topographic mapping.

Remarks: Used for EEZ and uninhabited islands. For Grande-Terre, Isle de Pins, Belep and Loyalty Islands (Lifou, Mare, Ouvea) use RGNC91-93 / Lambert New Caledonia (CRS code 3163) rather than this CRS. Replaced by RGNC15 / UTM zone 59S (CRS code 10317).

Area of use: New Caledonia - east of 168°E onshore and offshore.

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

Center coordinates
30402.77 7529093.12

Projected bounds:
20286.12 7518808.05
40506.95 7539370.02

WGS84 bounds:
166.35 -22.37
166.54 -22.19

New Caledonia - Grande Terre - Noumea district.
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Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

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Definition: PROJ.4

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Definition: JavaScript (Proj4js)

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Definition: JSON

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Definition: MapServer - MAPfile

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Definition: Mapnik

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