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Sonoma Coast

Sub-zone

Sonoma Coast is a named sub-zone of North Coast in the United States, covering 209,198 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Sonoma Coast viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
North Coast
Protected since
1987-07-13
Area
209,198 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
73.78 × 103.23 km
Centre
38.4449° N, 122.9144° W
State
CA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.116
Petitioner
Sara Schorske

Where it is

Nearest town
9.2 km north-west of Sebastopol
Nearest city
17 km west of Santa Rosa 178,127 people
To the sea
18 km
Rivers nearby
Russian (6.4 km)
Same latitude
Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Jumilla (Spain), Yamagata (Japan), Bivongi (Italy)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-1–701 m
Mean elevation
124 m

Measured over the whole outline on 146,936 elevation cells of about 120 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 1

Inside Sonoma Coast · 3

Within

Contains

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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