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Lake Michigan Shore

Appellation

Lake Michigan Shore is an appellation in the United States, covering 518,513 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Lake Michigan Shore viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Protected since
1983-10-13
Area
518,513 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
101.51 × 103.11 km
Centre
42.2162° N, 85.9838° W
State
MI
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.79
Petitioner
Charles W. Catherman, Jr., St. Julian Wine Company and Michael E. Byrne, Warner Vineyards

Where it is

Nearest town
34 km west of Kalamazoo
Nearest city
33 km west of Portage 48,177 people
To the sea
843 km
Same latitude
Rioja (Spain), Kindzmarauli (Georgia), Montenegrin Coast (Montenegro), Pčinja-Osogovo (North Macedonia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation
176–316 m
Mean elevation
226 m

Measured over the whole outline on 101,670 elevation cells of about 226 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 5

Inside Lake Michigan Shore · 1

Contains

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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