# Diamond Harbour, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast.

From the air, an aerial view of Diamond Harbour: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-diamond-harbour (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [The rockfall survey counts 2 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M4.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 March 2011 · ~600 m from the pin · 159 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.625397&lon=172.73724&radius=250

## Around it

- [Coastal Cliff Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1346-coastal-cliff-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [Stoddart Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1274-stoddart-point-reserve), community park · ~150 m
- [Stoddart Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/stoddart-point), coastal spot · ~300 m
- [Te Waipapa / Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-waipapa-diamond-harbour), coastal spot · ~550 m
- [Purau Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/purau-bay), coastal spot · 1.1 km
- [Pauaohinekotau Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/pauaohinekotau-head), coastal spot · 1.4 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Diamond Harbour?**

A named bay on Christchurch’s coast, as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Diamond Harbour?**

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/diamond-harbour
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river