# Teopopaka Point, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Pigeon Bay. Also recorded as “Teopopaka”.

Māori name: Teopopaka

Suburb: [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay)

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

## The ground under it

- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 27 June 2011 · ~600 m from the pin · 34 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.667083&lon=172.905611&radius=250

## Around it

- [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/pigeon-bay), coastal spot · ~350 m
- [Holmes Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/holmes-bay), coastal spot · 1.5 km
- [Pigeon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/pigeon-point), coastal spot · 4.8 km
- [Gordon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/gordon-point), coastal spot · 5.2 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Teopopaka Point?**

A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay), as the open map records it.

**What else is Teopopaka Point called?**

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

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