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Santa Clara Valley

Sub-zone

Santa Clara Valley is a named sub-zone of San Francisco Bay in the United States, covering 128,447 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Santa Clara Valley viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
San Francisco Bay
Protected since
1989-04-27
Area
128,447 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
71.51 × 74.76 km
Centre
37.2494° N, 121.8973° W
State
CA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.126

Where it is

Nearest town
6.3 km south-east of Campbell
Nearest city
10 km south of San Jose 997,368 people
To the sea
26 km
Same latitude
Cerasuolo di Vittoria (Italy), Yantai (China), Montilla-Moriles (Spain), Lagos (Portugal), Malvasia Πάρος (Greece)

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

Terrain

Elevation
1–503 m
Mean elevation
88 m

Measured over the whole outline on 88,884 elevation cells of about 122 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 3

Inside Santa Clara Valley · 2

Within

Contains

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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