# Le Bons Bay, a bay of Christchurch

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

Suburb: [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/le-bons-bay)

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

## The ground under it

- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.7](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 9 September 2010 · 3.8 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.735115&lon=173.104496&radius=250

## Around it

- [Katawa Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/katawa-head), coastal spot · 1.5 km
- [Steep Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/steep-head), coastal spot · 1.6 km
- [Poutākoro Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/poutakoro-head), coastal spot · 5.0 km
- [Kawatea / Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/kawatea-okains-bay), coastal spot · 5.9 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Le Bons Bay?**

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

**Where exactly is Le Bons 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/le-bons-bay
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river