# Ōtokotoko, 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 Ōtokotoko: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-otokotoko (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study
- [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), Whakaroa (Akaroa)
- [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 Rural Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuBP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 1.8 km from the pin · 4 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.763328&lon=172.94293&radius=250

## Around it

- [Robinsons Bay Regional Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1738-robinsons-bay-regional-park), community park · under 150 m
- [Bayview Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1253-bayview-reserve), community park · ~400 m
- [Duvauchelle Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/duvauchelle-bay), coastal spot · ~800 m
- [Robinsons Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/robinsons-bay), coastal spot · 1.1 km
- [Hammond Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/hammond-point), coastal spot · 1.4 km
- [Head of Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/head-of-bay), coastal spot · 1.6 km


## The reports nearby
13 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6293314), [38 Monarch Drive, Duvauchelle, Robinsons Bay 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/38-monarch-drive)
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/5804690), [6 Kanuka Place, Robinsons Bay 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6-kanuka-place)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5536252), [36 Monarch Drive, Robinsons Bay 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/36-monarch-drive)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/4317677), [6 Kanuka Place, Robinsons Bay 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6-kanuka-place)
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/4066803), [6 Kanuka Place, Robinsons Bay 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6-kanuka-place)
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3887657), [6 Kanuka Place, Robinsons Bay 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6-kanuka-place)
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3743044), [6 Kanuka Place, Robinsons Bay 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6-kanuka-place)
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/3516766), [6 Kanuka Place, Robinsons Bay 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6-kanuka-place)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3023102), [32 Monarch Drive, Robinsons Bay 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/32-monarch-drive)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2265373), [6 Kanuka Place, Robinsons Bay 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle/6-kanuka-place)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1817726), 6, Kanuka Place, Robinsons Bay, Canterbury, 7581, New Zealand
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/957354), 40, Monarch Drive, Robinsons Bay, 7581, Canterbury

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Ōtokotoko?**

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

**Where exactly is Ōtokotoko?**

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