Coltauco

Coltauco is a DO area of Valle del Cachapoal in Chile.

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

Key facts

Type

DO area (área)

Within

Valle del Cachapoal

Area

22,193 ha outline of the administrative units

Centre

34.2862° S, 71.1013° W

Legal basis

Decreto 464/1994 of the Ministry of Agriculture (zonificación vitícola), consolidated text 2026, with the 2025 amendment (Chiloé, Rapa Nui).

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

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Coltauco

Nearest city

17 km north of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua 44,046 people

To the sea

83 km

Same latitude

Riverland (Australia), Elgin (South Africa)

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

Terrain

Elevation

183–1,798 m

Mean elevation

486 m

Mean slope

13.2° (23 %)

Steepest tenth

above 34°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 224,077 elevation cells of about 32 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries CHL ADM3 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))