# Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast. Also recorded as “Ihutai” and “Te Ihutai”.

From the air, an aerial view of Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-estuary-of-the-heathcote-and-avon-rivers-ihutai (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Te Ihutai (Avon-Heathcote Estaury)
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Avon Heathcote Estuary / Ihutai and environs
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC34.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 March 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 555 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5478&lon=172.728591&radius=250

## Around it

- [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · ~1000 m
- [Walk and bike track through South New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-186-south-new-brighton), track · 1.3 km
- [Walk and bike track through Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-162-ferrymead), track · 1.3 km
- [Tamahika](https://www.chch.live/coast/tamahika), coastal spot · ~850 m
- [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/moncks-bay), coastal spot · 2.2 km
- [Whitewash Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/whitewash-head), coastal spot · 4.5 km
- [Sumner Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/sumner-head), coastal spot · 4.6 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai?**

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

**What else is Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai called?**

The map also records “Ihutai” and “Te Ihutai”, the page answers to all of them.

**Where exactly is Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai?**

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/estuary-of-the-heathcote-and-avon-rivers-ihutai
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river