Topographic mapping.
Hawaiian Islands were never on NAD27 but rather on Old Hawaiian Datum. NADCON conversion program provides transformation from Old Hawaiian Datum to NAD83 (original 1986 realization) but making the transformation appear to user as if from NAD27.
Definition: JSON
{ "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json", "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame", "name": "Old Hawaiian", "ellipsoid": { "name": "Clarke 1866", "semi_major_axis": 6378206.4, "semi_minor_axis": 6356583.8 }, "scope": "Topographic mapping.", "area": "United States (USA) - Hawaii - main islands onshore.", "bbox": { "south_latitude": 18.87, "west_longitude": -160.3, "north_latitude": 22.29, "east_longitude": -154.74 }, "id": { "authority": "EPSG", "code": 6135 } }