# Holmes Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast, off Pigeon Bay.

Suburb: [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay)

From the air, an aerial view of Holmes Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-holmes-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 July 2011 · ~600 m from the pin · 44 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.67303&lon=172.888526&radius=250

## Around it

- [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/pigeon-bay), coastal spot · 1.2 km
- [Teopopaka Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/teopopaka-point), coastal spot · 1.5 km
- [Pigeon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/pigeon-point), coastal spot · 5.7 km
- [Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū / Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-pataka-o-rakaihautu-banks-peninsula), coastal spot · 5.9 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Holmes Bay?**

A named bay on Christchurch’s coast, off [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Holmes 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.


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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/holmes-bay
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river