# South Head, 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 South Head: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-south-head (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, HNC16.1 - Area of at least High 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: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 27 February 2011 · 4.6 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.816472&lon=173.106111&radius=250

## Around it

- [Goat Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/goat-point), coastal spot · 1.9 km
- [North Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/north-head), coastal spot · 2.0 km
- [Clay Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/clay-point), coastal spot · 2.5 km
- [Poutākoro Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/poutakoro-head), coastal spot · 4.8 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is South Head?**

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

**Where exactly is South Head?**

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