# Long Reef Point, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Akaroa.

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

From the air, an aerial view of Long Reef Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-long-reef-point (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [The nearest recorded shake: M4.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · 9.2 km from the pin
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.853861&lon=173.057667&radius=250

## Around it

- [Short Reef Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/short-reef-point), coastal spot · 1.2 km
- [Redcliffe Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/redcliffe-point), coastal spot · 2.7 km
- [Clay Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/clay-point), coastal spot · 3.3 km
- [Goat Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/goat-point), coastal spot · 4.2 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Long Reef Point?**

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

**Where exactly is Long Reef 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/long-reef-point
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river