# Magazine Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast. Also recorded as “Baker's Bay”.

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

## On the register nearby

Listed places within about 300m, neighbours of the shore, not the feature itself unless the register says so.

- [Magazine and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/335) · List 7234
- [Erskine Point Gun Emplacement and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/393)
- [Dwelling and Setting, Omarama](https://www.chch.live/place/409), 53 Cressy Terrace

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [The rockfall survey counts 10 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 7 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 27 February 2011 · ~450 m from the pin · 335 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.610026&lon=172.702899&radius=250

## Around it

- [Park Terrace Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1201-park-terrace-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [Corsair Bay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1126-corsair-bay-reserve), community park · ~250 m
- [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · 1.4 km
- [Tāpoa / Erskine Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/tapoa-erskine-point), coastal spot · under 150 m
- [Motukauatiiti / Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/motukauatiiti-corsair-bay), coastal spot · ~350 m
- [Naval Point / Te Nukutai o Tapoa](https://www.chch.live/coast/naval-point-te-nukutai-o-tapoa), coastal spot · ~400 m
- [Motukauatirahi / Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/motukauatirahi-cass-bay), coastal spot · ~850 m


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Magazine Bay?**

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

**What else is Magazine Bay called?**

The map also records “Baker's Bay”, the page answers to all of them.

**What’s on the register near Magazine Bay?**

3 listed places within 300m of the pin, each opens its own record from this page.

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