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Catoctin

Appellation

Catoctin is an appellation in the United States, covering 79,401 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Catoctin viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Protected since
1983-10-13
Area
79,401 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
49.35 × 35.52 km
Centre
39.4969° N, 77.5454° W
State
MD
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.67
Petitioner
W. Bret Byrd, Byrd Vineyards

Where it is

Nearest town
15 km north-west of Frederick
Nearest city
22 km south-east of Hagerstown 40,432 people
To the sea
78 km
Rivers nearby
Monocacy (14 km) · Potomac (22 km) · Shenandoah (25 km)
Same latitude
Thrace-Marmara (Türkiye), Los Balagueses (Spain), Syunik (Armenia), Cagliari (Italy), Μεσενικόλα (Greece)

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

Terrain

Elevation
61–649 m
Mean elevation
279 m

Measured over the whole outline on 57,696 elevation cells of about 118 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 2

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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