# Whakamaru Beach, a beach of Christchurch

A named beach on the city’s shore.

From the air, an aerial view of Whakamaru Beach: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=beach-whakamaru-beach (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## On the register nearby

Listed places within about 300m, neighbours of the shore, not the feature itself unless the register says so.

- [Former Quarantine Barracks and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/474) · List 7408

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōtamahua
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 18 October 2011 · 1.4 km from the pin · 101 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.630565&lon=172.694532&radius=250

## Around it

- [Skiers Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/skiers-beach), beach · ~250 m
- [Walkers Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/walkers-beach), beach · ~600 m
- [Ōtamahua / Quail Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/otamahua-quail-island), beach · ~650 m
- [Aua / King Billy Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/aua-king-billy-island), beach · ~850 m


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Whakamaru Beach?**

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

**What’s on the register near Whakamaru Beach?**

1 listed place within 300m of the pin, each opens its own record from this page.

**Where exactly is Whakamaru Beach?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the beach, the beach’s own ground, or its centreline’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/whakamaru-beach
The whole shore as data: https://www.chch.live/beach.geojson
The bays and headlands: https://www.chch.live/coast