# Fantail Falls, a waterfall of Christchurch

A named waterfall in Christchurch, at Akaroa.

Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)

From the air, an aerial view of Fantail Falls: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=fall-fantail-falls (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, ONL16.2 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](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: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 1 October 2010 · 8.6 km from the pin
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.828634&lon=173.050646&radius=250

## Around it

- [Wairuru Falls](https://www.chch.live/fall/wairuru-falls), waterfall · 1.2 km
- [Boundary Falls](https://www.chch.live/fall/boundary-falls), waterfall · 2.1 km
- [Hinewai Falls](https://www.chch.live/fall/hinewai-falls), waterfall · 2.3 km
- [Ghost Falls](https://www.chch.live/fall/ghost-falls), waterfall · 2.6 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Fantail Falls?**

A named waterfall in Christchurch, at [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Fantail Falls?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the fall, usually the top or the plunge line rather than the pool below. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position and the name are OpenStreetMap’s, a named waterfall inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position, usually the top or the plunge line, not a surveyed mark.
The roll: https://www.chch.live/fall
The whole roll as data: https://www.chch.live/falls.geojson
The tracks: https://www.chch.live/track