# Ōnawe, a headland of Christchurch

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

Suburb: [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle)

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

## The ground under it

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Akaroa Harbour - Ōnawe Peninsula
- [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 1.7 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.77474&lon=172.926213&radius=250

## Around it

- [French Farm Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/french-farm-bay), coastal spot · 1.0 km
- [Te Iringa-patu-pāraoa-o-Te-Rangitaurewa](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-iringa-patu-paraoa-o-te-rangitaurewa), coastal spot · 1.3 km
- [Barrys Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/barrys-bay), coastal spot · 1.4 km
- [Petit Carenage Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/petit-carenage-bay), coastal spot · 1.4 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Ōnawe?**

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

**Where exactly is Ōnawe?**

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/onawe
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river