# Whitewash 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 Whitewash Head: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-whitewash-head (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## The ground under it - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [The rockfall survey counts 58 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 30 came down · 11 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M4.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 436 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.569218&lon=172.775286&radius=250 ## Around it - [Whitewash Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1265-whitewash-reserve), regional park · under 150 m - [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 - [Sumner Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/sumner-head), coastal spot · under 150 m - [Giants Nose](https://www.chch.live/coast/giants-nose), coastal spot · 1.1 km - [Moki Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/moki-point), coastal spot · 1.2 km - [Black Rock Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/black-rock-point), coastal spot · 1.7 km ## The reports nearby 43 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8270634), [31 Whitewash Head Road, Scarborough, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/31-whitewash-head-road) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7989502), Scarborough Walk Loop Track, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7643159), [4 Whitewash Head Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/4-whitewash-head-road) - [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) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7411379), [1 Whitewash Head Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/1-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) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7181257), [6 Whitewash Head Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/6-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) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Whitewash Head?** A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough), as the open map records it. **Where exactly is Whitewash 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/whitewash-head The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river