# Glen Bay, a bay of Christchurch A named bay on the city’s coast, off Akaroa. Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa) From the air, an aerial view of Glen Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-glen-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## The ground under it - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaroa (Akaroa) - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 3.8 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.813519&lon=172.951702&radius=250 ## Around it - [Britomart Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/1338-britomart-memorial), botanic park · ~300 m - [Green Point Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1693-green-point-park), community park · ~300 m - [Green Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/green-point), coastal spot · ~350 m - [Takapūneke / Red House Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/takapuneke-red-house-bay), coastal spot · ~500 m - [French Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/french-bay), coastal spot · 1.3 km - [Akaroa Harbour](https://www.chch.live/coast/akaroa-harbour), coastal spot · 1.4 km ## The reports nearby 58 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8843311), Beach road Akaroa Near The Steps To The Monument, Akkaroa Northland 7520, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8830955), [289 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/289-beach-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8642532), 293–295 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7566078), [259 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/259-beach-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7246793), [187 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/187-beach-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7215161), [219 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/219-beach-road) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6917248), [227 Beach Road, Banks Peninsula, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/227-beach-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6604620), [249 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/249-beach-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6593195), [231 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/231-beach-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6278456), [221 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/221-beach-road) - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6031017), [219 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/219-beach-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6031008), [201 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/201-beach-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Glen Bay?** A named bay on Christchurch’s coast, off [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), as the open map records it. **Where exactly is Glen Bay?** 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. --- 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/glen-bay The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river