It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak and just above the town ; Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill.

Locally, Queenstown has a reputation as one of New Zealand's wine and cuisine centres.

Queenstown also has a reputation for being the ' Adventure Capital of the World '.

Queenstown Airport is located 10 km from town and has scheduled flights to Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

The broadcaster also has newsrooms in Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.

Local lore has it that a Titanic crew member John Coffey, a native of Queenstown, jumped ship although there is no record of him on the crew list.

A tributary, the Queen River, carried pollutants from mining operations in the Queenstown and flowed into the lower part of the King River for almost 100 years. It is estimated that 100 million tonnes of tailings were disposed of into the Queen River This has been stopped by measures taken by the mining companies and government, including the construction of tailings dams rather than direct deposit of wastes into the Queen River ..

Below or west of Teepookana, in the last 10 km of the River, extensive silting from the mine tailings that have been carried down from Queenstown, has created such a resource that at least one mining company has in the past proposed the mining of the deposits at the edge of the river, as well as the delta formed out into Macquarie Harbour due to the amount of economically viable materials in the silt.

It has a strategic location between the Lindis and the Haast passes, and acts as a hub between the towns of Wanaka, Queenstown and Alexandra.

Characterised by cold winters and hot, dry summers, the area is only lightly populated, although there has recently been considerable development around the tourist towns of Queenstown and Wanaka.

The Central Otago District Council, based in Alexandra, and the Queenstown Lakes District Council, based in Queenstown, administer territorial authority matters, while the Otago Regional Council has overview of environmental matters such as clean air and water resources.

Zeehan has the West Coast Pioneers Museum and Queenstown has the Galley Museum-both of these museums have very comprehensive collections which provide a good perspective on the history of the region.

It has a seiche of period 26. 7 minutes which, in Queenstown Bay, causes the water level to rise and fall some.

Since then Queenstown artist Garrick Tremain has been the principal cartoonist.

The Dart River, as many other areas in and around the Glenorchy and Queenstown area, has also been the location for many scenes filmed for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

However, it has developed a distinct and unique identity today that is commonly not linked with Queenstown.

Being the first satellite HDB district in Singapore, Queenstown has one of the highest proportions of elderly aged 65 and above.

Due to the comparatively longer heritage of Queenstown district, local community has flourished.

MD 18S has a length of between US 50 and US 301 in Queenstown.

The institute has several campuses around Invercargill ; the Main Campus is situated in Tay St, SIT Downtown in Don St, and SIT Sound in Deveron St. Satellite campuses are also located in Gore, Queenstown, and Christchurch.

Many international tourists also spend time in Christchurch, Queenstown, Rotorua, and Wellington.

The distant views down and over Lake Hayes, Arrowtown and the airport to Queenstown are stunning.

Meanwhile, about 100 miles south of Queenstown, U-27, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Bernard Wegener, stopped the British steamer Nicosian in accordance with the rules laid down by the London Declaration.

Other significant urban centres in Otago with populations over 1, 000 include: Queenstown, Oamaru, Wanaka, Cromwell, Alexandra, Balclutha, Milton and Mosgiel.

The new town planning concept was introduced into Singapore with the building of the first New Town, Queenstown, from July 1952 to 1973 by the country's public housing authority, the Housing and Development Board.

Queenstown is a major centre for snow sports in New Zealand, with people from all over the country and many parts of the world travelling to ski at the four main mountain skifields ( Cardrona Alpine Resort, Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Treble Cone ).

As with the rest of Central Otago, Queenstown lies within the rain shadow of the Southern Alps, but being closer to the west coast the town is more susceptible to rain-bearing fronts compared to nearby Cromwell, Wanaka and Alexandra.

As a resort centre, there are many bus services that operate into Queenstown, with most being for package tours, but daily services for the local or itinerant are available to and from Invercargill, Dunedin and Christchurch, which are the main cities closest to Queenstown.

The primary road access to the Queenstown area is via State Highway 6 ( SH6 ), which travels from Cromwell through the Kawarau Gorge to Frankton, where a 9 km spur ( SH6A ) leads to the CBD and connects with the Glenorchy Road.

Panorama of the view from the Remarkables towards Queenstown Airport, with Queenstown beyond.

The expedition returned to Queenstown and set out again on July 17 with little enthusiasm among the crews.

View from the top of the gondola into Queenstown, with Remarkables behind.

The town was the base of the Queenstown council up until amalgamation with other west coast councils in the 1990s.

The east from East London and Queenstown towards the KwaZulu-Natal border – a region known previously as Transkei – is lush grassland on rolling hills, punctuated by deep gorges with intermittent forest.

By road, Milford Sound is 307 km from Queenstown and 279 km from Invercargill ( about four hours ' drive ), with most of the tour buses to the sound departing from Queenstown.

Q-ships ( heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks ) were called " Q-ships " as many were fitted out in Queenstown.

White Star began operating again in 1871 between New York and Liverpool ( with a call at Queenstown ).

Their main ground through the 2011 Super Rugby season was Carisbrook in Dunedin, with home games occasionally being played in Invercargill and Queenstown.

Mt Hutt is managed by Southern Alpine Recreation Ltd along with Coronet Peak and The Remarkables in Queenstown.

Te Anau is connected by highway with Invercargill to the southeast, Queenstown to the northeast, Gore to the east, and Manapouri to the south.

Some of the small population is located in the small cluster of towns near Macquarie Harbour-Strahan and Queenstown, these were linked in their connection with the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company

It was clearly in competition with the town further south, Queenstown, and while the silver boom lasted it was known as the Silver City.

Queenstown Road is located on the early stage of the South Western Main Line but with only 2 platforms in use.