# Aua / King Billy Island, an island of Christchurch

A named island on the city’s shore. Also recorded as “Aua” and “King Billy Island”.

From the air, an aerial view of Aua / King Billy Island: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=beach-aua-king-billy-island (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Aua (King Billy Island)
- [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 18 October 2011 · 1.2 km from the pin · 68 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.635025&lon=172.685671&radius=250

## Around it

- [Walkers Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/walkers-beach), beach · ~400 m
- [Skiers Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/skiers-beach), beach · ~650 m
- [Whakamaru Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/whakamaru-beach), beach · ~850 m
- [Ōtamahua / Quail Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/otamahua-quail-island), beach · 1.1 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Aua / King Billy Island?**

A named island on Christchurch’s shore, as the open map records it.

**What else is Aua / King Billy Island called?**

The map also records “Aua” and “King Billy Island”, the page answers to all of them.

**Where exactly is Aua / King Billy Island?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the island, roughly the island’s middle. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position and the names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named beach or island inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature; the dual names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/beach/aua-king-billy-island
The whole shore as data: https://www.chch.live/beach.geojson
The bays and headlands: https://www.chch.live/coast