The beaches and the islands
Every named beach and island the open map records inside the city, 13 beaches and 8 islands, from New Brighton’s long sands to the harbour’s sheltered coves and the islands out in it. The dual names are the map’s own.
What the record says
- The longest shoreline the mapper traced is New Brighton Beach, about 18.9 km end to end as the map draws it.
- 5 of the 8 islands carry a second name, the map’s alt_name remembers what they’re also called.
- 7 of the 13 beaches say “sand”, the map’s word for what’s under the towel.
- The unnamed shore outnumbers the named, 37 features the map drew but didn’t name.
Where they sit
OpenStreetMap’s own pins, a beach’s pin on its ground, an island’s near its middle. The bays and headlands keep their own roll at /coast.
The beaches
The islands
Questions, answered briefly
13 named beaches and 8 named islands on the open map: plus 37 more drawn without a name: Sumner and New Brighton’s long sands, the harbour’s sheltered coves, and the islands out in it.
The dual names are the map’s own, the Māori name and the later English one recorded together. Sumner Beach is Matuku-takotako, Quail Island is Ōtamahua, each page lists every name the map knows.
OpenStreetMap, every named beach and island inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature, not a surveyed mark.
The record behind this
Named beaches and islands on OpenStreetMap, inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature, not a surveyed mark; the dual names are the map’s own.
This page as markdown: /beach.md · the whole shore as data: /beach.geojson · /beach.json · every pin on the big map: /map?layer=beach · every roll, counted: /geography.