# Hammond Point, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Akaroa. Also recorded as “Te Umu-Te-Rehua”.

Māori name: Te Umu-Te-Rehua

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

From the air, an aerial view of Hammond Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-hammond-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, HNC19.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · ~550 m from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.774523&lon=172.949618&radius=250

## Around it

- [Takamatua Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/takamatua-bay), coastal spot · 1.0 km
- [Robinsons Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/robinsons-bay), coastal spot · 1.0 km
- [Ōtokotoko](https://www.chch.live/coast/otokotoko), coastal spot · 1.4 km
- [Lushington Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/lushington-bay), coastal spot · 1.8 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Hammond Point?**

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

**What else is Hammond Point called?**

The map also records “Te Umu-Te-Rehua”, the page answers to all of them.

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