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EPSG:3579

Name: NAD83(CSRS) / Yukon Albers
Scope: Spatial data storage and use for whole province in grid coordinates.
Remarks: This CRS may sometimes be called "NAD83 / Yukon Albers". That is the name of a different system (see CRS code 3578) but at the scales involved the positional difference of under 2 metres may not be significant.
Area of validity: Canada - Yukon.

WKT representation:

PROJCS["NAD83(CSRS) / Yukon Albers", 
  GEOGCS["NAD83(CSRS)", 
    DATUM["NAD83 Canadian Spatial Reference System", 
      SPHEROID["GRS 1980", 6378137.0, 298.257222101, AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]], 
      TOWGS84[-0.991, 1.9072, 0.5129, 0.0257899075194932, -0.009650098960270402, -0.011659943232342112, 0.0], 
      AUTHORITY["EPSG","6140"]], 
    PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]], 
    UNIT["degree", 0.017453292519943295], 
    AXIS["Geodetic longitude", EAST], 
    AXIS["Geodetic latitude", NORTH], 
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4617"]], 
  PROJECTION["Albers Equal Area", AUTHORITY["EPSG","9822"]], 
  PARAMETER["central_meridian", -132.5], 
  PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin", 59.0], 
  PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1", 61.66666666666667], 
  PARAMETER["false_easting", 500000.0], 
  PARAMETER["false_northing", 500000.0], 
  PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2", 68.0], 
  UNIT["m", 1.0], 
  AXIS["Easting", EAST], 
  AXIS["Northing", NORTH], 
  AUTHORITY["EPSG","3579"]]

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EPSG:3579

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