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Queenstown and The Remarkables

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Queenstown and The Remarkables

This postcard, made from a hand-coloured photograph, shows Queenstown, set on the edge of Lake Wakatipu with the steep mountain range of The Remarkables behind. The range has been uplifted along a fault line and made steeper by glacial action.

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Eileen McSaveney, Landscapes – overview – Otago, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/13053/queenstown-and-the-remarkables (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.