Sur

Sur is a DO wine region in Chile.

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

Key facts

Type

DO wine region (región vitícola)

Area

1,820,285 ha outline of the administrative units

Centre

37.2708° S, 72.6055° 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

9.5 km east of Laja

Nearest city

31 km north-west of Los Ángeles 125,430 people

To the sea

55 km

Rivers nearby

Bío-Bío (11 km)

Same latitude

Coonawarra (Australia)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–1,786 m

Mean elevation

310 m

Measured over the whole outline on 78,401 elevation cells of about 486 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Inside Sur · 3

• Valle del BiobíoAppellation
• Valle del ItataAppellation
• Valle del MallecoAppellation

Sources

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