標題: Queenstown, New Zealand [打印本頁] 作者: wilson6339 時間: 2013-6-20 10:16 PM 標題: Queenstown, New Zealand
本帖最後由 wilson6339 於 2013-6-20 10:21 PM 編輯 ( A: X" V- S! Y/ ^2 W
9 A1 h7 P9 P, G, o! C) _3 w% @ Queenstown is a resorttown in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around aninlet called Queenstown Bay on LakeWakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes,and hasspectacular views of nearby mountains such as TheRemarkables,Cecil Peak,Walter Peak and just above the town;Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill. TheQueenstown-Lakes District has a land area of 8,704.97 km²(3,361.01 sq mi) not counting its inland lakes (Lake Hawea,Lake Wakatipu, and Lake Wanaka). It has an estimatedresident population of 29,200 (June 2012 estimate).Its neighbouring towns include Arrowtown, Wanaka,Alexandra, and Cromwell. The nearest cities are Dunedin and Invercargill. Queenstown is nowknown for its commerce-oriented tourism, especially adventure and ski tourism.It is popular with young international and New Zealand and Australiantravellers alike.Thetown is the largest centre in CentralOtago, and the second largest in Otago after Dunedin. Oamaru is now the third largest. According tothe 2006 census, the usuallyresident population of the Queenstown urban area (including Fernhill, Frankton and Kelvin Heights) is 13,062,an increase of 22.1% since 2001. Thepopulation of the Queenstown ward at 30 June 2011 is 16,600.作者: jony310906 時間: 2013-6-21 05:12 PM
