Hartswater

Hartswater is a Wine of Origin ward of Northern Cape 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 ward

Within

Northern Cape

Area

82,772 ha registered outline

Centre

27.8096° S, 24.8112° 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-east of Pampierstad

Nearest city

103 km north of Kimberley 142,089 people

To the sea

640 km

Same latitude

Catamarca (Argentina), Atacama (Chile), Vinhos de Altitude de Santa Catarina (Brazil)

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

Terrain

Elevation

1,050–1,296 m

Mean elevation

1,155 m

Measured over the whole outline on 45,955 elevation cells of about 135 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

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