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Lake, town and mountain

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Lake, town and mountain

Boats cruise the placid waters of Lake Wakatipu. Behind is part of Queenstown, and Bob’s Peak, the terminus of the Skyline gondola.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago places – Queenstown and Arrowtown, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22880/lake-town-and-mountain (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 19 August 2009, updated 1 July 2015.