# Moncks Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast.

From the air, an aerial view of Moncks Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-moncks-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.

- [Redcliffs Tram/Bus Shelter, Wall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/139)

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Te Ihutai (Avon-Heathcote Estaury)
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Avon Heathcote Estuary / Ihutai and environs
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC34.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The rockfall survey counts 14 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 13 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 April 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 594 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56475&lon=172.742778&radius=250

## Around it

- [Barnett Park Sports Grounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1021-barnett-park-sports-grounds), sports ground park · ~150 m
- [Yacht Club Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1790-yacht-club-reserve), community park · ~200 m
- [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · under 150 m
- [Tamahika](https://www.chch.live/coast/tamahika), coastal spot · 1.6 km
- [Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai](https://www.chch.live/coast/estuary-of-the-heathcote-and-avon-rivers-ihutai), coastal spot · 2.2 km
- [Whitewash Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/whitewash-head), coastal spot · 2.7 km
- [Sumner Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/sumner-head), coastal spot · 2.8 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Moncks Bay?**

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

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

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

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