Queenstown-Lakes
Queenstown-Lakes is the far inland district of Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. The major lakes of the district are Lake Wakatipu, Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Queenstown and Wanaka.
Queenstown
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.
Wanaka
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Wanaka is a town on the shores of Lake Wanaka in the South Island of New Zealand. It is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park.
Arrowtown
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Arrowtown is a historic gold mining town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. Arrowtown is located on the banks of the Arrow River approximately 7.5 km from State Highway 6.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Glenorchy and Kingston.
Glenorchy
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Glenorchy is a small settlement at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu in the South Island region of Otago, New Zealand. It is approximately 45 km by road or boat from Queenstown, the nearest large town.
Kingston
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Kingston is a small village at the southern end of Lake Wakatipu, south of Queenstown in New Zealand. Activities in the area include fishing, boating, kayaking, hiking and rock climbing.
Queenstown-Lakes
- Type: district of New Zealand with 52,900 residents
- Description: territorial authority district in New Zealand’s Otago region
- Also known as: “Queenstown-Lakes District”
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Queenstown-Lakes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Queenstown-Lakes District”
- Chinese: “昆士城湖区”
- Chinese: “昆士城湖區”
- Chinese: “昆士城湖郡”
- Chinese: “皇后鎮-拉克斯區”
- Chinese: “皇后鎮湖郡”
- Czech: “Queenstown-Lakes District”
- Dutch: “Queenstown-Lakes District”
- French: “Queenstown-Lakes”
- German: “Queenstown-Lakes District”
- German: “Queenstown-Lakes-Distrikt”
- Italian: “distretto di Queenstown”
- Italian: “Distretto di Queenstown”
- Japanese: “クイーンズタウン＝レイクス地区”
- Japanese: “クイーンズタウンレイク地区”
- Malay: “Daerah Queenstown-Lakes”
- Slovenian: “Queenstown-Lakes District”
- Swedish: “Queenstown-Lakes District”
- Ukrainian: “Квінстаун-Лейкс”
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