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Chehalem Mountains

Sub-zone

Chehalem Mountains is a named sub-zone of Willamette Valley in the United States, covering 25,235 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Chehalem Mountains viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Willamette Valley
Protected since
2006-11-24
Area
25,235 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
26.29 × 25.24 km
Centre
45.3777° N, 123.0205° W
State
OR
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.205
Petitioner
Alex Sokol-Blosser, secretary of the North Willamette Valley AVA Group

Where it is

Nearest town
9.4 km north of Newberg
Nearest city
16 km south of Hillsboro 102,347 people
To the sea
86 km
Rivers nearby
Willamette (12 km)
Same latitude
Soave Superiore (Italy), Condrieu (France), Bačka (Serbia), Hrvatsko Podunavlje (Croatia), Banat (Romania)

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

Terrain

Elevation
51–499 m
Mean elevation
181 m

Measured over the whole outline on 88,329 elevation cells of about 54 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 3

Inside Chehalem Mountains · 2

Within

Contains

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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