{{Short description|Mountain range in New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2015}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2009}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Crown Range | other_name = | image = Crown Range Road NZ.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = A view into a large valley with farmland from a hillside, with a windy road descending on the left | image_caption = The Zig Zag climbing the Crown Range road near Arrowtown <!-- MAP CODE TBA --> | map = | mapframe = yes <!----------------------- HIGHEST POINT --> | highest = | highest_location = | elevation_m = | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <!----------------------- DIMENSIONS --> | length_km = | length_orientation = North-South | length_ref = | width = | width_km = | width_ref = | area_km2 = <!----------------------- NAMING --> | etymology = | authority = <!----------------------- GEOGRAPHY --> | country = New Zealand | region_type = | region = Otago | district_type = | district = Queenstown-Lakes District | range_coordinates = {{coord|44|56|S|168|55|E|region:NZ-OTA_type:mountain|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates_ref = | range = | topo_maker = | topo_map = | biome = <!----------------------- GEOLOGY --> | formed_by = | orogeny = | age = }} The '''Crown Range''' is a mountain range that lies to the east of the Wakatipu Basin in Otago, New Zealand.<ref>{{LINZ|19169||2009-03-18}}</ref> It is noted for two features, the Cardrona Alpine Resort, on the slopes of the 1900-metre Mount Cardrona, and a highway, known as the Crown Range Road.
Eastburn Station has provided a number of viewing areas, with views down and over Lake Hayes, Arrowtown and Queenstown Airport to Queenstown.
The range is separated by the valley of the Cardrona River from the parallel Criffel Range which lies to the east.
The area was heavily populated during the Otago gold rush of the 1860s, the town of Cardrona, now little more than a dot on the map, briefly having a population of several thousand prospectors.<ref name=Heritage>"[https://cardronahistory.com/2024/02/21/the-gold-mining-years-1864-1910/ The gold mining years: 1864 – 1910]," Cardrona Heritage Trail. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2025.</ref> There are visible remains of gold prospecting beside the Crown Range Road over the saddle on the west bank opposite the East Burn Stream two miles over the saddle, also six miles below the saddle on the east bank.
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Category:Mountain ranges of Otago Category:Queenstown-Lakes District
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