# Elephant Point, a headland of Christchurch

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

Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)

From the air, an aerial view of Elephant Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-elephant-point (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, ONC17.2 - Area of Outstanding Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Rural Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuBP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M4.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · 2.2 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.867462&lon=172.949092&radius=250

## Around it

- [Dan Rogers Bluff](https://www.chch.live/coast/dan-rogers-bluff), coastal spot · 1.4 km
- [Nine Fathom Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/nine-fathom-point), coastal spot · 1.7 km
- [Lucas Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/lucas-bay), coastal spot · 2.3 km
- [Titoki / Little Tikao Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/titoki-little-tikao-bay), coastal spot · 2.7 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Elephant Point?**

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

**Where exactly is Elephant 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/elephant-point
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river