Lake Wakatipu is the glacial lake that Queenstown is built around — 80 km from Glenorchy in the north to Kingston in the south, with The Remarkables rising from its eastern shore and the Thomson Mountains to the west. The lake experiences a natural 12 cm oscillation in water level every five minutes — the Queenstown tide, attributed by local Maori to the heartbeat of a sleeping giant. Lake Wakatipu is why Queenstown exists: the lake is what made early European settlers stop in this valley and decide it was worth staying. Framed by mountains that change character with every season, it's arguably the most dramatic lake setting in New Zealand. Hand-drawn topographic art capturing Lake Wakatipu and the Queenstown landscape — the lake and mountains that define this corner of the South Island.

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