Twenty Mile Bench

Sub-zone

Twenty Mile Bench is a VQA Ontario designated viticultural area of Niagara Escarpment in Canada. It lies 10 km west of St. Catharines and 25 km north-west of Niagara Falls.

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Key facts

Type: VQA Ontario designated viticultural area (O. Reg. 359/24)
Within: Niagara Escarpment
Centre: 43.1520° N, 79.3700° W
Legal basis: Ontario: O. Reg. 359/24 under the VQA Act, areas defined by roads and natural features. British Columbia: GIs under the Wines of Marque Regulation, defined by watersheds and schedule maps.

Outline: Shown as a point at the place it is named after. The registered area is much smaller than any administrative unit, and its boundary is not yet available as open data.

Where it is

Nearest town: 10 km west of St. Catharines
Nearest city: 25 km north-west of Niagara Falls 99,818 people
To the sea: 425 km
Lakes nearby: Ontario (4.9 km)
Same latitude: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (Italy), Bandol (France), Hokkaido (Japan), Toplica (Serbia), Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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

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