Western Plains

Wine region

Western Plains is a GI zone 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 zone (Wine Australia)
Protected since: 1996-05-01
Area: 32,375,436 ha registered outline
Centre: 30.9733° S, 145.2097° E
State: New South Wales
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: 351 km north-west of Dubbo
Nearest city: 569 km north-west of Blue Mountains 78,121 people
To the sea: 634 km
Same latitude: Coquimbo (Chile), Ullum (Argentina), Lutzville Valley (South Africa)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 40–1,077 m
Mean elevation: 166 m

Measured over the whole outline on 295,006 elevation cells of about 1,048 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

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