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Shawnee Hills

Appellation

Shawnee Hills is an appellation in the United States, covering 576,127 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Shawnee Hills viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Protected since
2006-12-27
Area
576,127 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
98.6 × 154.81 km
Centre
37.5088° N, 88.7552° W
State
IL
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.206
Petitioner
Theodore F. Wichmann and Dr. Imed Dami

Where it is

Nearest town
29 km south of Marion
Nearest city
71 km east of Cape Girardeau 39,462 people
To the sea
756 km
Same latitude
Montilla-Moriles (Spain), Etna (Italy), Yantai (China), Southeast Anatolia (Türkiye), Μαντινεία (Greece)

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

Terrain

Elevation
36–317 m
Mean elevation
149 m

Measured over the whole outline on 98,888 elevation cells of about 242 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 12

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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