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Great Southern

Appellation

Great Southern is a GI region of South West Australia in Australia.

Australia's largest wine region, on the south coast of Western Australia. Five subregions: Albany, Denmark, Frankland River, Mount Barker and Porongurup. Riesling, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon.
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The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type
GI region (Wine Australia)
Protected since
1996-10-30
Area
1,710,264 ha registered outline
Centre
34.6334° S, 117.7096° E
State
Western Australia
Legal basis
Wine Australia Act 2013; Register of Protected GIs and Other Terms.

Outline: From the Wine Australia GI register, via the adynak/WineRegions copy.

Where it is

Nearest town
47 km north of Albany
Nearest city
298 km south-east of Mandurah 107,643 people
To the sea
46 km
Same latitude
Mendoza (Argentina), Metropolitana (Uruguay), Apalta (Chile), Walker Bay (South Africa)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–970 m
Mean elevation
172 m

Measured over the whole outline on 68,213 elevation cells of about 503 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Inside Great Southern · 5

Contains

Wineries · 3

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