# Te Piaka / Adderley Head, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Port Levy. Also recorded as “Te Piaka”.

Suburb: [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy)

## 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), Koukourārata (Port Levy) - Te Piaka (Adderley Head)
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC5.0 - 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 Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 14 June 2011 · ~750 m from the pin · 145 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.605348&lon=172.82535&radius=250

## Around it

- [Waitata / Little Port Cooper](https://www.chch.live/coast/waitata-little-port-cooper), coastal spot · 1.1 km
- [Baleine Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/baleine-point), coastal spot · 2.3 km
- [Mechanics Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/mechanics-bay), coastal spot · 2.4 km
- [Awaroa / Godley Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/awaroa-godley-head), coastal spot · 2.6 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Te Piaka / Adderley Head?**

A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy), as the open map records it.

**What else is Te Piaka / Adderley Head called?**

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

**Where exactly is Te Piaka / Adderley 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/te-piaka-adderley-head
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river