Long Island

Appellation

Long Island is an appellation in the United States, covering 314,666 ha.

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Key facts

Official name: Long Island viticultural area
Type: AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Protected since: 2001-05-15
Area: 314,666 ha
Separate plots: 159
Extent N–S × E–W: 79.49 × 160.73 km
Centre: 40.8768° N, 72.9849° W
State: NY
Federal rule: 27 CFR 9.170
Petitioner: Richard Olsen-Harbich, Raphael Winery; The Petrocelli Family; Karen Meredith, Broadfields Vineyards

Where it is

Nearest town: 1.7 km east of Coram
Nearest city: 10 km east of Centereach 31,578 people
To the sea: 9.9 km
Same latitude: Fiano di Avellino (Italy), Priorat (Spain), Tavush (Armenia), Γουμένισσα (Greece), Lafões (Portugal)

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

Terrain

Elevation: -2–110 m
Mean elevation: 22 m

Measured over the whole outline on 61,593 elevation cells of about 231 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 2

Nassau
Suffolk

Inside Long Island · 2

North Fork of Long IslandSub-zone
The Hamptons, Long IslandSub-zone

Contains

Legal boundary

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The Long Island viticultural area includes approximately 1,170 square miles or 749,146 acres and is made up of the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, New York, including all off shore islands in those counties.

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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