Ponikve

Ponikve is an appellation in Croatia in Ston. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

ZOI (PDO)

Category

Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

2021-02-10

Area

16,854 ha registered outline

Separate plots

6

Extent N–S × E–W

19.51 × 27.93 km

Centre

42.8466° N, 17.6330° E

Grapes

Maraština, Plavac Mali Crni, Pošip Bijeli

Where it is

Nearest town

23 km south of Metković

Nearest city

57 km south-west of Mostar 104,518 people

To the sea

2.4 km

Same latitude

Khvanchkara (Georgia), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Southern Oregon (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

-2–616 m

Mean elevation

192 m

Measured over the whole outline on 54,375 elevation cells of about 56 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)96%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 1

• Ston

Sources

EU register of geographical indications