# Short Reef Point, a headland of Christchurch

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

Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)

From the air, an aerial view of Short Reef Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-short-reef-point (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
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONC16.4 - Area of Outstanding 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: M4.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · 8.0 km from the pin
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.859722&lon=173.045861&radius=250

## Around it

- [Long Reef Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/long-reef-point), coastal spot · 1.2 km
- [Redcliffe Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/redcliffe-point), coastal spot · 1.6 km
- [Dyke Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/dyke-head), coastal spot · 3.3 km
- [Clay Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/clay-point), coastal spot · 4.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Short Reef Point?**

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

**Where exactly is Short Reef 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.


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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/short-reef-point
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river