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Klein Karoo

Wine region

Klein Karoo 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
4,147,613 ha registered outline
Centre
33.7162° S, 21.6123° 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
22 km south-west of Calitzdorp
Nearest city
72 km north-west of Mossel Bay 78,940 people
To the sea
64 km
Rivers nearby
Gourits (7.5 km)
Same latitude
Valle de Uco (Argentina), Valle de Leyda (Chile), Clare Valley (Australia), Centro-Este (Uruguay)

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

Terrain

Elevation
82–2,308 m
Mean elevation
764 m

Measured over the whole outline on 40,255 elevation cells of about 1,027 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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