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Cayuga Lake

Sub-zone

Cayuga Lake is a named sub-zone of Finger Lakes in the United States, covering 47,657 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Cayuga Lake viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Finger Lakes
Protected since
1988-04-25
Area
47,657 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
57.95 × 26.51 km
Centre
42.7008° N, 76.7467° W
State
NY
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.127
Petitioner
Knapp Farms, Inc. and Plane's Cayuga Vineyard, Inc.

Where it is

Nearest town
30 km south-west of Auburn
Nearest city
35 km north-west of Ithaca 30,788 people
To the sea
278 km
Lakes nearby
Cayuga (1.5 km) · Seneca (11 km) · Owasco (23 km)
Same latitude
Montefalco Sagrantino (Italy), Rías Baixas (Spain), Khvanchkara (Georgia), Nudo (Montenegro), Vranje (Serbia)

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

Terrain

Elevation
114–336 m
Mean elevation
163 m

Measured over the whole outline on 38,344 elevation cells of about 112 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 3

Within

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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