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Crest of the Blue Ridge Henderson County

Appellation

Crest of the Blue Ridge Henderson County is an appellation in the United States, covering 55,816 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Crest of the Blue Ridge Henderson County viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Protected since
2019-07-19
Area
55,816 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
37.18 × 31.16 km
Centre
35.3319° N, 82.4085° W
State
NC
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.266
Petitioner
Mark Williams, Agribusiness Henderson County and Barbara Walker, North Carolina Cooperative Extension

Where it is

Nearest town
5 km east of Hendersonville
Nearest city
33 km south of Asheville 95,056 people
To the sea
342 km
Rivers nearby
Broad (8.3 km) · French Broad (13 km)
Same latitude
Yamanashi (Japan), Αρχάνες (Greece)

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

Terrain

Elevation
436–1,328 m
Mean elevation
722 m

Measured over the whole outline on 36,439 elevation cells of about 125 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 1

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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