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Santa Cruz Mountains

Appellation

Santa Cruz Mountains is an appellation in the United States, covering 165,467 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Santa Cruz Mountains viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Protected since
1982-01-04
Area
165,467 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
61.04 × 67.11 km
Centre
37.2316° N, 122.1667° W
State
CA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.31
Petitioner
Santa Cruz Mountains Vintners

Where it is

Nearest town
16 km south-west of Cupertino
Nearest city
13 km west of Saratoga 30,968 people
To the sea
18 km
Same latitude
Cerasuolo di Vittoria (Italy), Yantai (China), Montilla-Moriles (Spain), Lagos (Portugal), Malvasia Πάρος (Greece)

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

Terrain

Elevation
22–1,147 m
Mean elevation
373 m

Measured over the whole outline on 114,968 elevation cells of about 122 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 3

Inside Santa Cruz Mountains · 1

Contains

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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