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Sonoma Valley

Sub-zone

Sonoma Valley is a named sub-zone of Sonoma Coast in the United States, covering 46,530 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Sonoma Valley viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Sonoma Coast
Protected since
1982-01-04
Area
46,530 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
39.28 × 28.4 km
Centre
38.2935° N, 122.4770° W
State
CA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.29

Where it is

Nearest town
3.5 km south of Agua Caliente
Nearest city
17 km west of Napa 80,434 people
To the sea
17 km
Same latitude
Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Jumilla (Spain), Μοσχάτο Πατρών (Greece), Alentejo (Portugal)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–827 m
Mean elevation
188 m

Measured over the whole outline on 130,172 elevation cells of about 60 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 1

Inside Sonoma Valley · 3

Within

Contains

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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