# Anchorage Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast, off Wainui.

Suburb: [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui)

From the air, an aerial view of Anchorage Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-anchorage-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaroa (Akaroa)
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 September 2010 · 3.0 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.82611&lon=172.906778&radius=250

## Around it

- [Cape Three Points](https://www.chch.live/coast/cape-three-points), coastal spot · ~400 m
- [Ōhinepaka Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/ohinepaka-bay), coastal spot · 1.3 km
- [Otutereinga](https://www.chch.live/coast/otutereinga), coastal spot · 1.4 km
- [Ōpukutahi](https://www.chch.live/coast/opukutahi), coastal spot · 2.1 km


## The reports nearby
7 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/6475823), [34G Bossu Rd, Canterbury, French Farm 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/34g-bossu-road)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6475810), 117–147 Bossu Rd, Canterbury, French Farm 7582, New Zealand
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6068123), [68 Bossu Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/68-bossu-road)
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/3752886), 5WF3+7J Wainui, Canterbury, New Zealand
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/3536157), [68 Bossu Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/68-bossu-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3192357), [84 Bossu Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/84-bossu-road)
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/2335961), [70 Bossu Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/70-bossu-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Anchorage Bay?**

A named bay on Christchurch’s coast, off [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Anchorage Bay?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the bay, a bay’s pin sits on the water it names, a headland’s on the point. 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 bay or cape inside the city boundary (ODbL). A bay’s pin sits on the water it names; the dual names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/coast/anchorage-bay
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river