# Pukerauaruhe Island, an island of Christchurch

A named island on the city’s shore, at Port Levy. Also recorded as “Pukerauaruhe”.

Suburb: [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy)

From the air, an aerial view of Pukerauaruhe Island: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=beach-pukerauaruhe-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), Pukerauaruhe (Brownes 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: M3.7](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 15 June 2011 · ~400 m from the pin · 115 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.626932&lon=172.826915&radius=250

## Around it

- [Horomaka Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/horomaka-island), beach · 2.6 km
- [Ripapa Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/ripapa-island), beach · 5.9 km
- [Shelly Cove](https://www.chch.live/beach/shelly-cove), beach · 5.9 km
- [Taylor's Mistake Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/taylors-mistake-beach), beach · 6.3 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Pukerauaruhe Island?**

A named island on Christchurch’s shore, at [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy), as the open map records it.

**What else is Pukerauaruhe Island called?**

The map also records “Pukerauaruhe”, the page answers to all of them.

**Where exactly is Pukerauaruhe 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/pukerauaruhe-island
The whole shore as data: https://www.chch.live/beach.geojson
The bays and headlands: https://www.chch.live/coast