General Alvear

General Alvear is a IG of Mendoza in Argentina.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

IG (department)

Within

Mendoza

Area

1,471,322 ha registered outline

Centre

35.2437° S, 67.0967° W

Legal basis

Ley 25.163 (1999) and INV resolutions (C.32/2002, C.37/2002 and later); official INV list of 18 April 2024 plus the 2025 IGs.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.

Where it is

Nearest town

46 km south-east of Bowen

Nearest city

62 km south-east of General Alvear 35,626 people

To the sea

454 km

Same latitude

McLaren Vale (Australia), Northland (New Zealand)

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

Terrain

Elevation

320–492 m

Mean elevation

395 m

Measured over the whole outline on 237,157 elevation cells of about 250 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wineries · 1

• Valle del Atuel

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Sources

geoBoundaries ARG ADM2 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))