The peninsula has two major parts, a rounded main part to the east, dominated by the 834 metres (2,736 ft) Peninsula Hill, and a smaller western extension largely occupied by Queenstown Golf Club.

[5] The original Ngāi Tahu inhabitants called the peninsula Te Nuku-o-Hakitekura, the Expanse of Hakitekura.

[6] Hakitekura is the famous Kāti Māmoe woman who was the first person to swim across the lake.

[citation needed] The Queenstown suburb of Kelvin Heights sits at the narrow isthmus between the two parts of the peninsula.

[7] Kelvin Heights features part of the Queenstown Trail, which runs between the suburb and the Frankton Arm section of Lake Wakatipu.