# Mechanics Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast.

From the air, an aerial view of Mechanics Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-mechanics-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 nearest recorded shake: M4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · ~350 m from the pin · 257 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.59432&lon=172.799571&radius=250

## Around it

- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-190-sumner), track · ~500 m
- [Awaroa / Godley Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/awaroa-godley-head), coastal spot · ~900 m
- [Breeze Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/breeze-bay), coastal spot · 1.3 km
- [Black Rock Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/black-rock-point), coastal spot · 1.7 km
- [Waitata / Little Port Cooper](https://www.chch.live/coast/waitata-little-port-cooper), coastal spot · 2.1 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Mechanics Bay?**

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

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