# Livingstone Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast. Also recorded as “Te Awa Toetoe”.

Māori name: Te Awa Toetoe

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

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [The rockfall survey counts 6 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 2 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 23 February 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 340 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.59819&lon=172.765706&radius=250

## Around it

- [Scarborough Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1624-scarborough-hill-reserve), regional park · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-189-sumner), track · ~600 m
- [Breeze Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/breeze-bay), coastal spot · 1.5 km
- [Ōtokitoki / Gollans Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/otokitoki-gollans-bay), coastal spot · 1.6 km
- [Battery Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/battery-point), coastal spot · 2.1 km
- [Deep Gully Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/deep-gully-bay), coastal spot · 2.2 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Livingstone Bay?**

A named bay on Christchurch’s coast, as the open map records it.

**What else is Livingstone Bay called?**

The map also records “Te Awa Toetoe”, the page answers to all of them.

**Where exactly is Livingstone 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/livingstone-bay
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river