# Black Rock Point, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Te Onepoto Taylors Mistake.

Suburb: [Te Onepoto Taylors Mistake](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake)

From the air, an aerial view of Black Rock Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-black-rock-point (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [The rockfall survey counts 9 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 1 came down · 2 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · ~400 m from the pin · 341 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.583371&lon=172.784704&radius=250

## Around it

- [Godley Beach Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1805-godley-beach-park), regional park · under 150 m
- [Taylors Mistake Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1553-taylors-mistake-beach), regional park · ~550 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-193-sumner), track · ~250 m
- [Moki Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/moki-point), coastal spot · ~650 m
- [Giants Nose](https://www.chch.live/coast/giants-nose), coastal spot · ~700 m
- [Breeze Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/breeze-bay), coastal spot · 1.4 km
- [Sumner Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/sumner-head), coastal spot · 1.6 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Black Rock Point?**

A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Te Onepoto Taylors Mistake](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Black Rock Point?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the headland, 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/black-rock-point
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river