# Green 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 Green Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-green-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), Takapūneke
- [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 4.1 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.815649&lon=172.948798&radius=250

## Around it

- [Green Point Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1693-green-point-park), the community park it’s inside
- [Britomart Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/1338-britomart-memorial), botanic park · under 150 m
- [Takapūneke / Red House Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/takapuneke-red-house-bay), coastal spot · ~150 m
- [Glen Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/glen-bay), coastal spot · ~350 m
- [Akaroa Harbour](https://www.chch.live/coast/akaroa-harbour), coastal spot · 1.4 km
- [French Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/french-bay), coastal spot · 1.6 km


## The reports nearby
52 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
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8642532), 293–295 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8486370), 297–301 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7884358), Beach Road (Beyond The Lighthouse), Akaroa Canterbury 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)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7198254), 297–301 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6734175), [273 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/273-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)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6588970), [9 Stanley Place, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/9-stanley-place)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6381379), [273 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/273-beach-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6212280), [273 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/273-beach-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Green Point?**

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

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