page_title: Queenstown, New Zealand
section_title: In the Area
hierarchical_section_title: Queenstown, New Zealand / Sports and recreation / In the Area
caption_attribution_description: English: Lake Wakatipu seen from the top of the Queenstown gondola.
context_page_description: Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It has an urban population of 15,650, making it the 27th-largest urban area in New Zealand. In 2016, Queenstown overtook Oamaru to become the second-largest urban area in Otago, behind Dunedin.
  The town is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-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.
  The Queenstown-Lakes District has a land area of 8,704.97 square kilometres not counting its inland lakes. The region has an estimated resident population of 41,700. Neighbouring towns include Arrowtown, Glenorchy, Kingston, Wanaka, Alexandra, and Cromwell. The nearest cities are Dunedin and Invercargill. Queenstown is known for its commerce-oriented tourism, especially adventure and ski tourism.
context_section_description: Central Otago region
  Central Otago wine region
  History of the Central Otago Gold Rush
  Milford Road, Milford Sound / Homer Tunnel, the Fiordland Lakes / Doubtful Sound
  Tramping track near Glenorchy
  Routeburn, one of the New Zealand Great Walks
caption: Panorama of Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu from the top of the gondola
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