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Santa Ynez Valley

Sub-zone

Santa Ynez Valley is a named sub-zone of Central Coast in the United States, covering 73,721 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Santa Ynez Valley viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Central Coast
Protected since
1983-05-16
Area
73,721 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
27.78 × 43.29 km
Centre
34.6487° N, 120.1741° W
State
CA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.54
Petitioner
Firestone Vinyard

Where it is

Nearest town
6.8 km north of Solvang
Nearest city
26 km east of Lompoc 44,164 people
To the sea
20 km
Same latitude
North Lebanon highlands (Lebanon), Osaka (Japan), Κρασοχώρια Λεμεσού (Cyprus)

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

Terrain

Elevation
34–1,047 m
Mean elevation
287 m

Measured over the whole outline on 187,452 elevation cells of about 63 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 1

Inside Santa Ynez Valley · 4

Within

Contains

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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