Granite Belt

Appellation

Granite Belt is a GI region in Australia.

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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: 2002-03-25
Area: 115,824 ha registered outline
Centre: 28.7169° S, 151.9102° E
State: Queensland
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: 7.3 km south-west of Stanthorpe
Nearest city: 129 km south of Toowoomba 142,163 people
To the sea: 153 km
Rivers nearby: Weir (5.2 km)
Same latitude: Free State (South Africa), Valles del Famatina (Argentina), Valle del Huasco (Chile), Vales da Uva Goethe (Brazil)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 618–1,298 m
Mean elevation: 889 m

Measured over the whole outline on 65,284 elevation cells of about 134 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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