The Remarkables (New Zealand)

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The Remarkables
The Remarkables as seen from Queenstown

The Remarkables from Queenstown seen from

Highest peak Double Cone ( 2319  m )
location Otago , South Island , New Zealand ; Queenstown-Lakes District
The Remarkables (New Zealand)
The Remarkables
Coordinates 45 ° 9 ′  S , 168 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 9 ′  S , 168 ° 50 ′  E
Type Fold Mountains
surface 36 km²
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The Remarkables are a mountain range in the Otago regionon the South Island of New Zealand .

geography

The mountain range begins around 5 km east of Queenstown and extends for around 12 km in a southerly direction. The Remarkables border Lake Wakatipu to the west in the southern part . Eight of its peaks have a height of over 2000  m , of which the Double Cone with a height of 2.319 m towers over  all peaks by far.

The New Zealand State Highway 6 runs west of the Remarkables along Lake Wakatipu . This section of the route is particularly winding and has climbs and descents and is therefore called The Devil's Staircase .

Ski Area

In the Remarkables there is a ski area with a total area of ​​2.2 km² and seven ski lifts. In 2007 a system for artificial snow production was installed and a new snowcat was procured. The season is from July to October.

Film set

The Remarkables were also used for exterior scenes for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring . Not far away are Deer Park Heights , where large sections of the second part were filmed.

Panoramic photo

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Panorama of The Remarkables

Web links

Commons : The Remarkables  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on January 27, 2020
  2. ↑ Topo maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed January 3, 2020 .
  3. ^ The Remarkables Mountain Statistics . NZSki Ltd , archived from the original on April 18, 2009 ; accessed on September 18, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
  4. ↑ Simon Louisson : New Zealand: Queenstown pushes power of popularity . In: New Zealand Herald . NZME. Publishing , April 1, 2007, accessed May 19, 2019 .