EPSG:6705

Mhast (offshore)

Attributes

Ellipsoid: International 1924

Prime meridian: Greenwich

Data source: EPSG

Information source: ChevronTexaco.

Revision date: 2008-06-24

Scope: Oil and gas exploration and production.

Remarks: Origin coordinates determined by Transit single point position using 32 passes and transformed from WGS72BE using transformation code 15790. Differs from Mhast (onshore) by approximately 10m. Replaced in 1987 by Malongo 1987 (code 6259).

Area of use: Angola (Cabinda) - offshore; The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) - offshore.

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WGS84 bounds:
12.37 -6.04
10.53 -5.05

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

DATUM["Mhast_offshore",
    SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","7022"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","6705"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

DATUM["Mhast (offshore)",
    ELLIPSOID["International 1924",6378388,297,
        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
    ID["EPSG",6705]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

DATUM["D_Mhast_Offshore",
    SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]]

Definition: JSON

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    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
    "name": "Mhast (offshore)",
    "ellipsoid": {
        "name": "International 1924",
        "semi_major_axis": 6378388,
        "inverse_flattening": 297
    },
    "scope": "Oil and gas exploration and production.",
    "area": "Angola (Cabinda) - offshore; The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) - offshore.",
    "bbox": {
        "south_latitude": -6.04,
        "west_longitude": 10.53,
        "north_latitude": -5.05,
        "east_longitude": 12.37
    },
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 6705
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

6705-datum=DATUM["Mhast_offshore",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7022"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6705"]]