Description of CRS - UA_UCS-2000 / Lat_Lon_h
AttributeEntry
CountryUkraine
Country identifierUA
CRS identifierUA_UCS-2000 / Lat_Lon_h
CRS alias
UCS-2000 Ellipsoidal CRS
UCS-2000-BLH
EPSG code: 5560
CRS valid areaUkraine
CRS scopeGeodesy, Cartography, Geoinformation Systems, Mapping
CRS remarks
primary coordinate system, basis for all projected 
coordinate systems of UCS-2000 
Datum identifierUkraine2000
Datum alias
Datum typegeodetic
Datum anchor point
Orientation and scale constrained to be same as ITRF2000 
at epoch 2005.0. Position is minimised deviation between 
reference ellipsoid and quasigeoid in territory of Ukraine. 
Datum realization epoch2005
Datum valid area
Ukraine
Datum scope
Geodesy
Datum remarks
Prime meridian identifierGreenwich
Prime meridian greenwich longitude
Prime meridian remarks
Ellipsoid identifierKrassovsky 1940
Ellipsoid alias
Ellipsoid semi major axis6 378 245 m
Ellipsoid shapetrue
Ellipsoid inverse flattening298.3
Ellipsoid remarks
Coordinate system identifierEllipsoidal Coordinate System
Coordinate system typegeodetic
Coordinate system dimension3
Coordinate system remarks
Coordinate system axis namegeodetic latitude
Coordinate system axis directionNorth
Coordinate system axis unit identifierdegree
Coordinate system axis namegeodetic longitude
Coordinate system axis directionEast
Coordinate system axis unit identifierdegree
Coordinate system axis nameellipsoidal height
Coordinate system axis directionup
Coordinate system axis unit identifiermetre