Calitzdorp

Calitzdorp is a Wine of Origin district of Klein Karoo in South Africa.

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

Key facts

Type

Wine of Origin district

Within

Klein Karoo

Area

476,520 ha outline of the administrative units

Centre

33.6013° S, 21.2313° E

Legal basis

Wine of Origin Scheme (Liquor Products Act 60 of 1989); areas published in the Government Gazette and administered by SAWIS.

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

12 km south-west of Ladismith

Nearest city

106 km north-west of Mossel Bay 78,940 people

To the sea

86 km

Same latitude

Valle de Uco (Argentina), Valle del Maipo (Chile), Orange (Australia), Centro-Este (Uruguay)

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

Terrain

Elevation

108–2,279 m

Mean elevation

540 m

Measured over the whole outline on 74,154 elevation cells of about 255 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wineries · 1

• De Krans

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Sources

geoBoundaries ZAF ADM3 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))