# East Head, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Okains Bay.

Suburb: [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/okains-bay)

From the air, an aerial view of East Head: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-east-head (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōkeina / Kawatea
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 September 2010 · 3.8 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.682389&lon=173.087889&radius=250

## Around it

- [West Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/west-head), coastal spot · 1.5 km
- [North West Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/north-west-bay), coastal spot · 1.6 km
- [Kawatea / Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/kawatea-okains-bay), coastal spot · 1.7 km
- [Spyglass Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/spyglass-point), coastal spot · 1.8 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is East Head?**

A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/okains-bay), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is East Head?**

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