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Coonawarra

Appellation

Coonawarra is a GI region of Limestone Coast in Australia.

A strip about 12 to 15 km long of red terra rossa over limestone in the flat south-east of South Australia. It made its name with Cabernet Sauvignon.
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The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type
GI region (Wine Australia)
Protected since
2003-01-06
Area
39,793 ha registered outline
Centre
37.3021° S, 140.8822° E
State
South Australia
Legal basis
Wine Australia Act 2013; Register of Protected GIs and Other Terms.

Outline: From the Wine Australia GI register, via the adynak/WineRegions copy.

Where it is

Nearest town
40 km south of Naracoorte
Nearest city
185 km north-west of Warrnambool 32,894 people
To the sea
70 km
Same latitude
Sur (Chile)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
53–121 m
Mean elevation
64 m

Measured over the whole outline on 108,874 elevation cells of about 61 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wineries · 2

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