New Zealand · GI (Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Act 2006)
Central Otago
Appellation
Central Otago is a GI in New Zealand.
The world's most southerly major wine region, inland on the South Island with a continental climate. Pinot Noir on schist-derived soils is its signature.
The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.
Key facts
Type
GI (Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Act 2006)
Area
1,931,717 ha registered outline
Centre
44.8841° S, 169.0940° E
Legal basis
Registered with IPONZ. The registered boundaries are drawn on maps; the units here are the districts that contain them.
Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.
Where it is
Nearest town
21 km south-west of Wanaka
Nearest city
156 km north-west of Dunedin 132,800 people
To the sea
101 km
Rivers nearby
Kawarau (13 km) · Clutha (17 km) · Hawea (24 km)
Lakes nearby
Dunstan (16 km) · Wānaka (21 km)
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
53–2,631 m
Mean elevation
874 m
Measured over the whole outline on 103,750 elevation cells of about 433 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.