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White Bluffs

Sub-zone

White Bluffs is a named sub-zone of Columbia Valley in the United States, covering 38,069 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
White Bluffs viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Columbia Valley
Protected since
2021-07-19
Area
38,069 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
36.14 × 20.96 km
Centre
46.5239° N, 119.1667° W
State
WA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.275
Petitioner
Kevin Pogue

Where it is

Nearest town
31 km north of Tri-Cities
Nearest city
35 km north of Kennewick 78,896 people
To the sea
258 km
Rivers nearby
Columbia (7.1 km)
Same latitude
Sforzato di Valtellina (Italy), AOC Vaud (Switzerland), Château-Chalon (France), Odesa region (Ukraine), Ștefan Vodă (Moldova)

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

Terrain

Elevation
105–334 m
Mean elevation
262 m

Measured over the whole outline on 138,448 elevation cells of about 53 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 1

Within

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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