# Petit Carenage Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast, off Wainui. Also recorded as “Ōpakia”.

Māori name: Ōpakia

Suburb: [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui)

From the air, an aerial view of Petit Carenage Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-petit-carenage-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Akaroa Harbour - Ōpakia (Petit Carenage Bay) and Ōkoropeke / Tikao Bay
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 2.3 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.786988&lon=172.921069&radius=250

## Around it

- [Te Iringa-patu-pāraoa-o-Te-Rangitaurewa](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-iringa-patu-paraoa-o-te-rangitaurewa), coastal spot · ~550 m
- [French Farm Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/french-farm-bay), coastal spot · 1.2 km
- [Tikao Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/tikao-bay), coastal spot · 1.2 km
- [Ōnawe](https://www.chch.live/coast/onawe), coastal spot · 1.4 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Petit Carenage Bay?**

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

**What else is Petit Carenage Bay called?**

The map also records “Ōpakia”, the page answers to all of them.

**Where exactly is Petit Carenage 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/petit-carenage-bay
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river