EPSG:32639 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 39N
WGS 84 / UTM zone 39N (EPSG:32639) — a Projected (metres) system on the WGS84 datum, used in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and more. Parameters, proj4, WKT,…
At a glance
- EPSG
- 32639
- Name
- WGS 84 / UTM zone 39N
- Kind
- Projected (metres)
- Family
- Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
- Ellipsoid
- WGS84
- Accuracy
- ±0.1 m (vs PROJ)
- Countries
- Saudi Arabia، United Arab Emirates، Kuwait، Qatar، Bahrain، Oman، Iraq، Yemen، Somalia
Area of use
| West | 48.00° |
| South | 0.00° |
| East | 54.00° |
| North | 84.00° |
Projection parameters
| Projection | utm |
| UTM zone | 39 |
| Datum | WGS84 |
| Units | m |
+proj=utm +zone=39 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs
PROJCS["WGS 84 / UTM zone 39N",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS 84 / UTM zone 39N",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",51],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0],UNIT["Meter",1],AUTHORITY["EPSG","32639"]]
Sample conversion
Centre of the area of use: WGS84 51.00000, 42.00000 → EPSG:32639 500000.000, 4649776.225
Values are within ±0.1 m at the test point.
About the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) family
WGS 84 / UTM zone 39N is a Universal Transverse Mercator zone — a 6°-wide belt of the worldwide UTM system, in metres, centred on a meridian carefully chosen so distortion stays low across the zone. It is the everyday working grid for GPS-derived surveying in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and more.
The classic field mistake with UTM is using the wrong zone: a point one zone away is easily hundreds of kilometres off. Always confirm the zone number (and the hemisphere) before importing coordinates, and remember that UTM eastings are offset by a 500 km false easting so they never go negative.
Related systems
- EPSG:3997 — WGS 84 / Dubai Local TM
- EPSG:4326 — WGS 84
- EPSG:32628 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 28N
- EPSG:32629 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 29N
- EPSG:32630 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N
- EPSG:32631 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N
- EPSG:32636 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 36N
- EPSG:32637 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 37N
- EPSG:32638 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 38N
- EPSG:32640 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 40N
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