# Head of Bay, a bay of Christchurch A named bay on the city’s coast, off Duvauchelle. Suburb: [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle) From the air, an aerial view of Head of Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-head-of-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## The ground under it - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Akaroa Harbour - Duvauchelle Bay - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 27 September 2010 · 2.4 km from the pin · 7 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.752889&lon=172.92925&radius=250 ## Around it - [Duvauchelle Showgrounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1010-duvauchelle-showgrounds), community park · ~250 m - [Duvauchelle Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/duvauchelle-bay), coastal spot · ~900 m - [Barrys Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/barrys-bay), coastal spot · 1.4 km - [Ōtokotoko](https://www.chch.live/coast/otokotoko), coastal spot · 1.6 km - [Ōnawe](https://www.chch.live/coast/onawe), coastal spot · 2.4 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. - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7765509), [6065 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6065-christchurch-akaroa-road) - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7213103), [6047 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6047-christchurch-akaroa-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5242058), [26A Onawe Flat Road, Banks Peninsula, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/26a-onawe-flat-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4232638), [6065 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Banks Peninsula, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6065-christchurch-akaroa-road) - [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3992018), Onawe Track 50 Onawe Flat Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand - [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3234060), Onawe Track 50 Onawe Flat Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/2952309), [26 Onawe Flat Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/26-onawe-flat-road) - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/2496523), [26 Onawe Flat Road, Duvauchelle, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/26-onawe-flat-road) - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1562826), 2–62, Onawe Flat Road, Duvauchelle, Canterbury, 7581, New Zealand - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/617266), 6049, Christchurch-Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle, 7581, Canterbury - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/571868), 6065, Christchurch-Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle, 7581, Canterbury ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Head of Bay?** A named bay on Christchurch’s coast, off [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle), as the open map records it. **Where exactly is Head of 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/head-of-bay The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river