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Cape South Coast

Wine region

Cape South Coast is a Wine of Origin region of Western Cape in South Africa.

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

Key facts

Type
Wine of Origin region
Within
Western Cape
Area
2,726,912 ha registered outline
Centre
34.1104° S, 21.1896° E
Legal basis
Wine of Origin Scheme (Liquor Products Act 60 of 1989); areas published in the Government Gazette and administered by SAWIS.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town
6.5 km west of Riversdale
Nearest city
88 km west of Mossel Bay 78,940 people
To the sea
30 km
Same latitude
Valle de Uco (Argentina), Metropolitana (Uruguay), Riverland (Australia), Valle de Colchagua (Chile)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–1,722 m
Mean elevation
358 m

Measured over the whole outline on 27,162 elevation cells of about 1,012 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

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Sources

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

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