Short Hills Bench

Sub-zone

Short Hills Bench is a VQA Ontario designated viticultural area of Niagara Escarpment in Canada. It lies 9.2 km south-west of St. Catharines and 14 km north of Welland.

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Key facts

Type: VQA Ontario designated viticultural area (O. Reg. 359/24)
Within: Niagara Escarpment
Centre: 43.1000° N, 79.3000° W
Legal basis: Ontario: O. Reg. 359/24 under the VQA Act, areas defined by roads and natural features. British Columbia: GIs under the Wines of Marque Regulation, defined by watersheds and schedule maps.

Outline: Shown as a point at the place it is named after. The registered area is much smaller than any administrative unit, and its boundary is not yet available as open data.

Where it is

Nearest town: 9.2 km south-west of St. Catharines
Nearest city: 14 km north of Welland 52,293 people
To the sea: 423 km
Lakes nearby: Ontario (10 km) · Erie (25 km)
Same latitude: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (Italy), Bandol (France), Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Toplica (Serbia), Nudo (Montenegro)

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

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