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Lehigh Valley

Appellation

Lehigh Valley is an appellation in the United States, covering 420,957 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Lehigh Valley viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Protected since
2008-03-11
Area
420,957 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
80.03 × 123.39 km
Centre
40.6407° N, 75.7730° W
State
PA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.210
Petitioner
John Skrip III, Lehigh Wine Trail Appellation Committee

Where it is

Nearest town
14 km north of Kutztown
Nearest city
24 km west of Allentown 120,207 people
To the sea
95 km
Rivers nearby
Lehigh (19 km) · Schuylkill (20 km)
Same latitude
Fiano di Avellino (Italy), Aragatsotn (Armenia), Νάουσα (Greece), Lafões (Portugal), Sierra de Salamanca (Spain)

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

Terrain

Elevation
26–514 m
Mean elevation
198 m

Measured over the whole outline on 78,735 elevation cells of about 232 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 6

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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