Switzerland · Cantonal AOC
AOC St. Gallen
Appellation
AOC St. Gallen is an appellation of Deutschschweiz in Switzerland. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.
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Key facts
- Type
- Cantonal AOC
- Extent N–S × E–W
- 74.84 × 66.38 km
- Centre
- 47.2116° N, 9.2339° E
- Wine region
- Deutschschweiz
Where it is
- Nearest town
- 19 km north-west of Buchs
- Nearest city
- 26 km south-west of Sankt Gallen 75,833 people
- To the sea
- 308 km
- Rivers nearby
- Limmat (11 km) · Rhein (19 km)
- Lakes nearby
- Walensee (8 km) · Zurich (22 km)
- Same latitude
- Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
- Elevation
- 396–3,156 m
- Mean elevation
- 979 m
Measured over the whole outline on 47,345 elevation cells of about 208 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Bedrock
- Unconsolidated sediments34%
- Mixed sedimentary rocks34%
- Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)25%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Wineries · 4
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