# Sumner Head, a headland of Christchurch A named headland on the city’s coast, off Scarborough. Suburb: [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough) From the air, an aerial view of Sumner Head: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-sumner-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 - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [Inside a kept landscape, HNC35.1 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Coastal](https://www.chch.live/zones), OC - [The rockfall survey counts 61 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 29 came down · 14 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M4.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 427 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.569946&lon=172.776328&radius=250 ## Around it - [Whitewash Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1265-whitewash-reserve), the regional park it’s inside - [Nicholson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1530-nicholson-park), community park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), track · ~650 m - [Whitewash Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/whitewash-head), coastal spot · under 150 m - [Giants Nose](https://www.chch.live/coast/giants-nose), coastal spot · ~950 m - [Moki Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/moki-point), coastal spot · 1.1 km - [Black Rock Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/black-rock-point), coastal spot · 1.6 km ## The reports nearby 41 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8490700), Taylors Mistake Beach, Christchurch Canterbury 8081, New Zealand - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7989502), Scarborough Walk Loop Track, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7604523), [18 Whitewash Head Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/18-whitewash-head-road) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7565206), [18 Whitewash Head Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/18-whitewash-head-road) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7528857), [18 Whitewash Head Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/18-whitewash-head-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7352851), [7 Searidge Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/7-searidge-lane) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7352587), Scarborough Walk Loop Track, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7213221), [18 Whitewash Head Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/18-whitewash-head-road) - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7146379), [1A Searidge Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/1a-searidge-lane) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7017467), [8 Whitewash Head Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/8-whitewash-head-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6828361), [22 Whitewash Head Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/22-whitewash-head-road) - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/6020225), [18 Whitewash Head Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/18-whitewash-head-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Sumner Head?** A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough), as the open map records it. **Where exactly is Sumner 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. --- 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/sumner-head The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river