Queenstown
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Place details
- Locality
- Queenstown
- Region
- Otago
- Country
- New Zealand / Aotearoa
- Population
- 10,442
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Territorial authority
- Queenstown-Lakes District
- Named
- January 1863
- Founded by
- William Gilbert Rees
- Electorates
- Southland , Te Tai Tonga
- Mayor
- John Glover
- Mps
- Joseph Mooney ( National ) Tākuta Ferris ( Te Pāti Māori )
- Urban
- 86.61 km (33.44 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 330 m (1,080 ft)
- Urban density
- 330/km (870/sq mi)
- District
- 53,800
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00 ( NZST )
Key dates
- Inception
- January 1863
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban area
- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- Queenstown-Lakes District
- Population
- +16000
- Shares border with
- Arthur's Pass National Park
- Founded by
- William Gilbert Rees
- Official website
- www.queenstownnz.co.nz
- Image
- Queenstown from Bob's Peak.jpg
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Article
Queenstown (Māori: Tāhuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is the seat and largest town in the Queenstown-Lakes District.
The town is on the northwestern edge of Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, S-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak and, just above the town, Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill. Queenstown is known for its tourism businesses, especially adventure and ski tourism.