# Sticking Point, a headland of Christchurch

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

Suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton)

From the air, an aerial view of Sticking Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-sticking-point (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.9](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 5 April 2015 · ~550 m from the pin · 299 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.610439&lon=172.733478&radius=250

## Around it

- [Urumau Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1416-urumau-reserve), regional park · ~500 m
- [Battery Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/battery-point), coastal spot · ~1000 m
- [Officers Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/officers-point), coastal spot · 1.3 km
- [Stoddart Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/stoddart-point), coastal spot · 1.4 km
- [Ōtokitoki / Gollans Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/otokitoki-gollans-bay), coastal spot · 1.4 km


## The reports nearby
1 report pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/670502), Cashin Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Sticking Point?**

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

**Where exactly is Sticking 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/sticking-point
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river