Kawarau Falls

Kawarau Falls is a quarter in Otago, South Island. Kawarau Falls is situated nearby to the suburb Frankton, as well as near the quarter Goldfield Heights.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Queenstown Airport and Peninsula Hill.

Queenstown Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Ruazn2, CC BY 2.5.

Queenstown International Airport is an international airport located in Frankton, Otago, New Zealand, which serves the resort town of Queenstown. The airport handled 2.7 million passengers in the calendar year 2025, making it the fourth busiest airport in New Zealand by passenger total passenger traffic. Queenstown Airport is situated 3 km northeast of Kawarau Falls.

Peninsula Hill

Peak

Photo: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 3.0.

Peninsula Hill is a peak.

Queenstown Hill

Peak

Photo: Grapeman4, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Queenstown Hill, also known by its Māori name of Te Tapu-nui, is a small 907 metres mountain near Queenstown, New Zealand in the South Island. The lower levels of the hill contain housing especially near Queenstown, Frankton Road and Marina Heights. Queenstown Hill is situated 3 km northwest of Kawarau Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frankton and Kelvin Peninsula.

Frankton

Suburb

Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.

Frankton is a suburb of the town of Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand, it was formerly a separate settlement.

Kelvin Peninsula

Quarter

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 3 km southwest of Kawarau Falls.

Queenstown

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Queenstown is a world renowned resort town in the South Island of New Zealand. The town sits on the edge of Lake Wakatipu and is surrounded by the Southern Alps.

Kawarau Falls

Type: Quarter
Description: locality in Otago Region, New Zealand
Category: locality
Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.02955° or 45° 1′ 46″ south

Longitude

168.71397° or 168° 42′ 50″ east

Elevation

310 metres (1,017 feet)

Open location code

4V6CXPC7+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5683437080

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

6206224

Wikidata ID

Q25661524

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Satellite Map

Discover Kawarau Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Maori to Turkish—“Kawarau Falls” goes by many names.

Maori: “Kawarau Falls”
Turkish: “Kawarau Falls”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Goldfield Heights and Kelvin Peninsula.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hilton Queenstown Resort & Spa and Queenstown Marina.

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