Queenstown Hill
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Queenstown Hill, also known by its Māori name of Te Tapu-nui (mountain of intense sacredness),[2] is a small 907 metres (2,976 ft) mountain near Queenstown, New Zealand in the South Island.
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Queenstown Hill | |
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Te Tapu-nui | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 907 m (2,976 ft) |
Coordinates | 45°0′30″S 168°41′34″E[1] |
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The lower levels of the hill contain housing especially near Queenstown, Frankton Road and Marina Heights. Midway up the hill is a large forest of mainly douglas fir and larch, while the top is largely clear and the ground cover is that of tussock and native vegetation.
Queenstown Hill is also home to a farm consisting of 1800 sheep which is owned and operated by the Middletons who purchased the lease in 1963 and freeholded the land in 1978. The Queenstown Hill Time Walk is part of the land owned by the Middletons.[3]