EPSG:8909

Ferro

Attributes

Unit: sexagesimal DMS

Data source: EPSG

Information source: National Geographic Institute of Spain (IGN), http://www.ign.es

Revision date: 2020-07-01

Remarks: El Hierro island, Canary islands, considered the most westerly point in Europe. Its longitude has had various determinations. 17°40'W of Greenwich was adopted by Austria and former Czechoslovakia, 17°39'46.02"W by former Yugoslavia.

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Definition: OGC Well Known Text

PRIMEM["Ferro",-17.6666666666667,
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","8909"]]

Definition: OGC Well Known Text 2 (2019)

PRIMEM["Ferro",-17.6666666666667,
    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
    ID["EPSG",8909]]

Definition: ESRI Well Known Text

PRIMEM["Ferro",-17.6666666666667]

Definition: JSON

{
    "$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjson.schema.json",
    "type": "PrimeMeridian",
    "name": "Ferro",
    "longitude": -17.6666666666667,
    "id": {
        "authority": "EPSG",
        "code": 8909
    }
}

Definition: GeoServer

8909-primem=PRIMEM["Ferro",-17.6666666666667,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8909"]]