# Officers Point, a headland of Christchurch A named headland on the city’s coast, off Lyttelton. Suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton) From the air, an aerial view of Officers Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-officers-point (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## The ground under it - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōhinehou - [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Lyttelton Port)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPLP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.6](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 July 2015 · ~250 m from the pin · 317 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.609344&lon=172.717848&radius=250 ## Around it - [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~1000 m - [Naval Point / Te Nukutai o Tapoa](https://www.chch.live/coast/naval-point-te-nukutai-o-tapoa), coastal spot · 1.1 km - [Tāpoa / Erskine Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/tapoa-erskine-point), coastal spot · 1.2 km - [Magazine Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/magazine-bay), coastal spot · 1.2 km - [Sticking Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/sticking-point), coastal spot · 1.3 km ## The reports nearby 5 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8330346), [59 Godley Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/59-godley-quay) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5696044), [59 Godley Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/59-godley-quay) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3249551), [39 Gladstone Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/39-gladstone-quay) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3241154), [39 Gladstone Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/39-gladstone-quay) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3118484), [59 Godley Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/59-godley-quay) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Officers Point?** A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), as the open map records it. **Where exactly is Officers 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. --- 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/officers-point The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river