# Wakaroa Point, a headland of Christchurch

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

Māori name: Wakaroa

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

From the air, an aerial view of Wakaroa Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-wakaroa-point (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, HNC9.1 - 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), 13 September 2011 · ~750 m from the pin · 8 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.623917&lon=172.932917&radius=250

## Around it

- [Gordon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/gordon-point), coastal spot · 1.3 km
- [Pigeon Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/pigeon-point), coastal spot · 1.8 km
- [Otohuao Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/otohuao-head), coastal spot · 3.8 km
- [Teopopaka Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/teopopaka-point), coastal spot · 5.3 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Wakaroa 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 Wakaroa Point called?**

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

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