# Pigeon Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast, off Pigeon Bay. Also recorded as “Wakaroa”.

Māori name: Wakaroa

Suburb: [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay)

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

## The ground under it

- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 15 June 2011 · ~800 m from the pin · 35 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.669252&lon=172.902808&radius=250

## Around it

- [Teopopaka Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/teopopaka-point), coastal spot · ~350 m
- [Holmes Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/holmes-bay), coastal spot · 1.2 km
- [Pigeon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/pigeon-point), coastal spot · 5.0 km
- [Gordon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/gordon-point), coastal spot · 5.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Pigeon Bay?**

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

**What else is Pigeon Bay called?**

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

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