# Cape Three Points, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Wainui. Also recorded as “Ngāmautaurua”.

Māori name: Ngāmautaurua

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

From the air, an aerial view of Cape Three Points: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-cape-three-points (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), Whakaroa (Akaroa)
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC22.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 September 2010 · 3.3 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.829183&lon=172.90901&radius=250

## Around it

- [Anchorage Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/anchorage-bay), coastal spot · ~400 m
- [Ōhinepaka Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/ohinepaka-bay), coastal spot · ~900 m
- [Otutereinga](https://www.chch.live/coast/otutereinga), coastal spot · 1.7 km
- [Ōpukutahi](https://www.chch.live/coast/opukutahi), coastal spot · 2.4 km


## The reports nearby
3 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7757627), 117–147 Bossu Rd, Canterbury, French Farm 7582, New Zealand
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6286444), 117–147 Bossu Rd, Canterbury, French Farm 7582, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3192357), [84 Bossu Road, Wainui 7582, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/wainui/84-bossu-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Cape Three Points?**

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

**What else is Cape Three Points called?**

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

**Where exactly is Cape Three Points?**

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/cape-three-points
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river