# Bottle Lake, a wetland of Christchurch

A named wetland in Christchurch, at Parklands.

Suburb: [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands)

From the air, an aerial view of Bottle Lake: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=lake-bottle-lake (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Lower Styx River, the managed reach
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Waitākiri
- [The plan zones this ground Rural Urban Fringe](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuUF
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 14 April 2016 · ~150 m from the pin · 40 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.46253&lon=172.676469&radius=250

## Around it

- [Bottle Lake Forest](https://www.chch.live/park/1558-bottle-lake-forest), regional park · ~350 m
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-98-parklands), track · ~400 m
- [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-48-shirley), track · 1.3 km
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-108-burwood), track · 1.5 km
- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.chch.live/lake/horseshoe-lake), lake · 3.9 km
- [Ōtukaikino Wetland](https://www.chch.live/lake/otukaikino-wetland), lake · 4.2 km
- [Redwood Dancing Springs](https://www.chch.live/lake/redwood-dancing-springs), lake · 4.3 km
- [Barnes Reserve Pond](https://www.chch.live/lake/barnes-reserve-pond), lake · 5.4 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Bottle Lake?**

A named wetland in Christchurch, at [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Bottle Lake?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the wetland, roughly the water’s middle. 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 lake, lagoon, wetland or spring inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature; the dual names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/lake/bottle-lake
The whole roll as data: https://www.chch.live/lakes.geojson
The waterways: https://www.chch.live/river
The coast: https://www.chch.live/coast