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Horse Heaven Hills

Sub-zone

Horse Heaven Hills is a named sub-zone of Columbia Valley in the United States, covering 232,570 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Horse Heaven Hills viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Columbia Valley
Protected since
2005-08-01
Area
232,570 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
51.26 × 93.03 km
Centre
46.0213° N, 119.5156° W
State
WA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.188
Petitioner
Paul D. Lucas

Where it is

Nearest town
18 km north-west of Umatilla
Nearest city
35 km south-west of Tri-Cities 244,036 people
To the sea
261 km
Rivers nearby
Columbia (10 km)
Same latitude
Conegliano Valdobbiadene - Prosecco (Italy), AOC Genève (Switzerland), Subotica (Serbia), Côte roannaise (France), Prigorje-Bilogora (Croatia)

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

Terrain

Elevation
81–668 m
Mean elevation
322 m

Measured over the whole outline on 207,405 elevation cells of about 106 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 3

Within

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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