# Giants Nose, a headland of Christchurch A named headland on the city’s coast, off Scarborough. Suburb: [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough) From the air, an aerial view of Giants Nose: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-giants-nose (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## On the register nearby Listed places within about 300m, neighbours of the shore, not the feature itself unless the register says so. - [70 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/542), 70 Taylors Mistake Bay ## The ground under it - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [The nearest recorded shake: M4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 383 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.578317&lon=172.779308&radius=250 ## Around it - [Whitewash Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1265-whitewash-reserve), the regional park it’s inside - [Giants Nose](https://www.chch.live/park/1617-giants-nose), regional park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-193-sumner), track · ~750 m - [Moki Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/moki-point), coastal spot · ~200 m - [Black Rock Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/black-rock-point), coastal spot · ~700 m - [Sumner Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/sumner-head), coastal spot · ~950 m - [Whitewash Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/whitewash-head), coastal spot · 1.1 km ## The reports nearby 11 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6905956), [115 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/115-taylors-mistake-road) - [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3059464), [70 Taylors Mistake Bay, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/70-taylors-mistake-bay) - [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/3059382), [70 Taylors Mistake Bay, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/70-taylors-mistake-bay) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2760088), [137 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/137-taylors-mistake-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/2756034), [137 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/137-taylors-mistake-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2506700), [137 Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/137-taylors-mistake-road) - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1862781), 127, Taylors Mistake Road, Sumner, Canterbury, 8081, New Zealand - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/947783), [129B Taylors Mistake Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/129b-taylors-mistake-road) - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/645902), 127, Taylors Mistake Road, Sumner, 8081, Canterbury - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/403702), [131B, Taylors Mistake Road, Sumner, 8081, Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/131b-131b) - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/382703), [131B, Taylors Mistake Road, Sumner, 8081, Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/131b-131b) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Giants Nose?** A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough), as the open map records it. **What’s on the register near Giants Nose?** 1 listed place within 300m of the pin, each opens its own record from this page. **Where exactly is Giants Nose?** 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. --- 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/giants-nose The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river