Albert Town, New Zealand

Albert Town

The young Clutha River at Albert Town, Central Otago.

Albert Town is located to the east of Wanaka in Otago, New Zealand. Until recently only a farming settlement, the population boom in this area has led to much new development. The confluence of the Clutha and Hāwea Rivers is located here. The town was named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Albert Town was formerly called Newcastle.

References

Reed, A.W. (2002) The Reed dictionary of New Zealand place names. Auckland: Reed Books. ISBN 0-790-00761-4.
Wise's New Zealand guide: A gazeteer of New Zealand (4th ed.) (1969) Dunedin: H. Wise & Co. (N.Z.) Ltd.

Coordinates: 44°41′S 169°12′E / 44.683°S 169.200°E / -44.683; 169.200

Towns and communities in the Queenstown-Lakes District territorial authority

Arrowtown Ward	Arrowtown

Wakatipu Ward	Arcadia Arthurs Point Bullendale Cecil Peak Coronet Peak Closeburn Dalefield Fernhill Frankton Gibbston Glenorchy Jack's Point Kawarau Falls Kelvin Heights Kingston Kinloch Lake Hayes Estate Long Gully Lower Shotover Macetown Mount Crichton Mount Earnslaw Paradise Quail Rise Queenstown Skippers Speargrass Flat Sunshine Bay Walter Peak Wharehuanui Wye Creek

Wanaka Ward	Albert Town Cardrona Dingle Burn Glendhu Bay Hawea Flat Hawea Luggate Makarora Mount Aspiring/Tititea The Neck Treble Cone Wanaka

Clutha River

Source: Southern Alps—Flows into: Pacific Ocean

Administrative areas	Otago Region Queenstown–Lakes District Central Otago District Clutha District

Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Wanaka Albert Town Luggate Lowburn Cromwell Clyde Alexandra Roxburgh Hydro Roxburgh Teviot Ettrick Millers Flat Beaumont Tuapeka Mouth Clydevale Balclutha Stirling Kaitangata

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Makarora River Matukituki River Hāwea River Cardrona River Lindis River Kawarau River Manuherikia River Teviot River Tuapeka River Pomahaka River Waitahuna River

Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Lake Wanaka Lake Hāwea Lake Dunstan Lake Wakatipu Lake Roxburgh Lake Tuakitoto

Islands in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Harwich Island Pigeon Island Pig Island Inch Clutha

Other features (upstream to downstream)	Old Cromwell Bridge Cromwell Gorge Clyde Dam Alexandra bridges Roxburgh Dam Kelso Balclutha Road Bridge

Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha / Mata-Au 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitikei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau (Southland) 8: Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Oreti

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