# The coast of Christchurch

Every named bay and headland the open map records inside the city, 53 bays and 57 headlands.

## The bays

- [Akaroa Harbour](https://www.chch.live/coast/akaroa-harbour), also “Akaroa”
- [Anchorage Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/anchorage-bay)
- [Barrys Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/barrys-bay), also “Taraouta”
- [Breeze Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/breeze-bay)
- [Childrens Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/childrens-bay), also “Ōtāhuahua”
- [Decanter Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/decanter-bay)
- [Deep Gully Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/deep-gully-bay)
- [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/coast/diamond-harbour)
- [Duvauchelle Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/duvauchelle-bay), also “Kaitouna”
- [Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai](https://www.chch.live/coast/estuary-of-the-heathcote-and-avon-rivers-ihutai), also “Ihutai”
- [French Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/french-bay)
- [French Farm Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/french-farm-bay), also “Te Rautahi”
- [Glen Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/glen-bay)
- [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/governors-bay)
- [Hays Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/hays-bay)
- [Head of Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/head-of-bay)
- [Head of the Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/head-of-the-bay)
- [Holmes Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/holmes-bay)
- [Inainatū / Pile Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/inainatu-pile-bay), also “Inainatū”
- [Kaioruru / Church Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/kaioruru-church-bay), also “Kaioruru”
- [Kaituna Lagoon](https://www.chch.live/coast/kaituna-lagoon), also “Motumotuao”
- [Kawatea / Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/kawatea-okains-bay), also “Kawatea”
- [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/le-bons-bay)
- [Little Akaloa Bay / Whakaroa](https://www.chch.live/coast/little-akaloa-bay-whakaroa), also “Whakaroa”
- [Livingstone Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/livingstone-bay), also “Te Awa Toetoe”
- [Lucas Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/lucas-bay), also “Whakakuru”
- [Lushington Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/lushington-bay)
- [Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō](https://www.chch.live/coast/lyttelton-harbour-whakaraupo), also “Whakaraupō”
- [Magazine Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/magazine-bay), also “Baker's Bay”
- [Mat Wight Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/mat-wight-bay), also “Tītoki”
- [Mechanics Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/mechanics-bay)
- [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/moncks-bay)
- [Motukauatiiti / Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/motukauatiiti-corsair-bay), also “Motukauatiiti”
- [Motukauatirahi / Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/motukauatirahi-cass-bay), also “Motukauatirahi”
- [North West Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/north-west-bay)
- [Ōhinepaka Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/ohinepaka-bay), also “Ōhinepaka”
- [Ōtokitoki / Gollans Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/otokitoki-gollans-bay), also “Ōtokitoki”
- [Petit Carenage Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/petit-carenage-bay), also “Ōpakia”
- [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/pigeon-bay), also “Wakaroa”
- [Port Levy (Potiriwi) / Koukourarata](https://www.chch.live/coast/port-levy-potiriwi-koukourarata), also “Potiriwi”
- [Purau Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/purau-bay), also “Purau”
- [Rāpaki Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/rapaki-bay), also “Rāpaki”
- [Robinsons Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/robinsons-bay), also “Kākakaiau”
- [Takamatua Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/takamatua-bay), also “Takamatua”
- [Takapūneke / Red House Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/takapuneke-red-house-bay), also “Takapūneke”
- [Tamahika](https://www.chch.live/coast/tamahika)
- [Te Monene](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-monene)
- [Te Pōhue / Camp Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-pohue-camp-bay), also “Te Pōhue”
- [Te Waipapa / Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-waipapa-diamond-harbour), also “Te Waipapa”
- [Te Wharau / Charteris Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-wharau-charteris-bay), also “Te Wharau”
- [Tikao Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/tikao-bay), also “Tikao”
- [Titoki / Little Tikao Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/titoki-little-tikao-bay), also “Tikao”
- [Waitata / Little Port Cooper](https://www.chch.live/coast/waitata-little-port-cooper), also “Waitata”

## The headlands

- [Akaroa Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/akaroa-head)
- [Awaroa / Godley Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/awaroa-godley-head), also “Awaroa”
- [Baleine Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/baleine-point)
- [Battery Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/battery-point)
- [Black Rock Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/black-rock-point)
- [Cape Three Points](https://www.chch.live/coast/cape-three-points), also “Ngāmautaurua”
- [Clay Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/clay-point)
- [Dan Rogers Bluff](https://www.chch.live/coast/dan-rogers-bluff)
- [Dyke Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/dyke-head)
- [East Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/east-head)
- [Elephant Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/elephant-point)
- [Gateway Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/gateway-point)
- [Giants Nose](https://www.chch.live/coast/giants-nose)
- [Goat Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/goat-point)
- [Gordon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/gordon-point)
- [Green Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/green-point)
- [Hammond Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/hammond-point), also “Te Umu-Te-Rehua”
- [Katawa Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/katawa-head), also “Katawa”
- [Long Reef Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/long-reef-point)
- [Moepuku Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/moepuku-point), also “Moepuku”
- [Moki Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/moki-point)
- [Naval Point / Te Nukutai o Tapoa](https://www.chch.live/coast/naval-point-te-nukutai-o-tapoa), also “Te Nukutai o Tapoa”
- [Nine Fathom Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/nine-fathom-point)
- [North Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/north-head)
- [Officers Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/officers-point)
- [Ohae](https://www.chch.live/coast/ohae)
- [Ōnawe](https://www.chch.live/coast/onawe)
- [Ōpukutahi](https://www.chch.live/coast/opukutahi)
- [Otohuao Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/otohuao-head), also “Otohuao”
- [Ōtokotoko](https://www.chch.live/coast/otokotoko)
- [Ōtūherekio](https://www.chch.live/coast/otuherekio)
- [Otutereinga](https://www.chch.live/coast/otutereinga)
- [Panau / Long Lookout Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/panau-long-lookout-point), also “Panau”
- [Pauaohinekotau Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/pauaohinekotau-head), also “Pauaohinekotau”
- [Pigeon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/pigeon-point)
- [Poutākoro Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/poutakoro-head), also “Poutākoro”
- [Pukeiti Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/pukeiti-point), also “Pukeiti”
- [Redcliffe Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/redcliffe-point)
- [Short Reef Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/short-reef-point)
- [Snuffle Nose](https://www.chch.live/coast/snuffle-nose)
- [South Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/south-head)
- [Spyglass Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/spyglass-point)
- [Steep Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/steep-head)
- [Sticking Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/sticking-point)
- [Stoddart Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/stoddart-point)
- [Sumner Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/sumner-head)
- [Tāpoa / Erskine Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/tapoa-erskine-point), also “Tāpoa”
- [Te Ahiteraiti](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-ahiteraiti)
- [Te Iringa-patu-pāraoa-o-Te-Rangitaurewa](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-iringa-patu-paraoa-o-te-rangitaurewa)
- [Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū / Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-pataka-o-rakaihautu-banks-peninsula), also “Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū”
- [Te Piaka / Adderley Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-piaka-adderley-head), also “Te Piaka”
- [Te Ruahine Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-ruahine-point), also “Te Ruahine”
- [Teopopaka Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/teopopaka-point), also “Teopopaka”
- [Timutimu Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/timutimu-head), also “Timutimu”
- [Wakaroa Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/wakaroa-point), also “Wakaroa”
- [West Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/west-head)
- [Whitewash Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/whitewash-head)


## Questions, answered briefly

**How many named bays does Christchurch have?**

53 named bays and 57 named headlands on the open map: Lyttelton Harbour’s drowned-crater bays, the peninsula’s outer coast, and Pegasus Bay’s long arc.

**Why do the bays carry two names?**

The dual names are the map’s own, the Māori name and the later English one recorded together. Cass Bay is Motukauatirahi, Corsair Bay is Motukauatiiti, Godley Head is Awaroa, each page lists every name the map knows.

**Where does the coast map come from?**

OpenStreetMap, every named bay and cape inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature, not a surveyed mark.

**Are the rivers on this page?**

No, the waterways keep their own roll at [/river](https://www.chch.live/river), and live levels are instruments at [/rivers](https://www.chch.live/rivers). This roll is the coast itself.


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Named bays and capes 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.
The coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways: https://www.chch.live/river