Frankton
Frankton is a suburb of the town of Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand, it was formerly a separate settlement.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 3,700 residents
- Description: suburb of Queenstown, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Frankton Wharf” and “Frankton, Otago”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Queenstown Airport and Lake Johnson.
Queenstown Airport
Aerodrome
Queenstown International Airport is an international airport located in Frankton, Otago, New Zealand, which serves the resort town of Queenstown. The airport handled 2.10 million passengers as of 2024, making it the fourth busiest airport in New Zealand by passenger traffic.
Lake Johnson
Lake
Photo: Grapeman4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Johnson is a small lake near the suburb of Frankton in Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand. It has no inflow or outflow and is classified as a glacial lake.
Wakatipu High School
School
Photo: 韩朝, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wakatipu High School is a state coeducationalsecondary school located in Queenstown, New Zealand. Serving Years 9 to 13. A total of 1422 students attend the school as of July 2025. As of 2024 it is the only public high school in Queenstown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quail Rise and Shotover Country.
Quail Rise
Quarter
Quail Rise is a residential suburb of Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand. Development of the circa 200 residential sections started around 1996 with the final sections being released in 2012. Quail Rise is situated 3½ km northeast of Frankton.
Shotover Country
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Shotover Country is a suburb of Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand. It has around 810 sections and was originally 202 hectares when first rezoned from rural to residential. Shotover Country is situated 4 km northeast of Frankton.
Kelvin Peninsula
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Kelvin Peninsula is a peninsula on the shore of Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand's Otago Region. The peninsula lies between the main body of Lake Wakatipu and the lake's Frankton Arm and its outlet, the Kawarau River. Kelvin Peninsula is situated 4½ km southwest of Frankton.
Frankton
- Category: locality
- Location: Queenstown-Lakes, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.02079° or 45° 1′ 15″ southLongitude
168.7311° or 168° 43′ 52″ eastPopulation
3,700Elevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)Named after
Frances Rebecca GilbertUnited Nations Location Code
NZ FKTOpen location code
4V6CXPHJ+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 175734085OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2190931Wikidata ID
Q2451937
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Frankton” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Frankton”
- Chinese: “弗蘭克頓”
- Dutch: “Frankton”
- French: “Frankton (Otago)”
- French: “Frankton”
- Malay: “Frankton, Otago”
- Malay: “Frankton”
- Maori: “Oterotu”
- Turkish: “Frankton, Queenstown”
- Urdu: “فرینکٹن، اوٹاگو”
- Urdu: “فرینکٹن”
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Highlights include St Margarets and Remarkables Primary School.
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