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San Francisco Bay

Sub-zone

San Francisco Bay is a named sub-zone of Central Coast in the United States, covering 742,437 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
San Francisco Bay viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Central Coast
Protected since
1999-03-22
Area
742,437 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
141.96 × 102.09 km
Centre
37.5680° N, 122.1578° W
State
CA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.157
Petitioner
Hestan Vineyards, LLC, of Vallejo, California, represented by Holland and Knight LLP

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km north-east of Redwood City
Nearest city
13 km west of Union City 74,494 people
To the sea
1.6 km
Same latitude
Montilla-Moriles (Spain), Etna (Italy), Southeast Anatolia (Türkiye), Μαντινεία (Greece), Lagos (Portugal)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–1,120 m
Mean elevation
185 m

Measured over the whole outline on 127,793 elevation cells of about 242 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 8

Inside San Francisco Bay · 3

Within

Contains

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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