# Mill pond, a pond of Christchurch

A named pond in Christchurch.

From the air, an aerial view of Mill pond: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=lake-mill-pond (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, Significant rural landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 24 February 2011 · 2.3 km from the pin · 7 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.661768&lon=172.707634&radius=250

## Around it

- [Matuku Lakes](https://www.chch.live/lake/matuku-lakes), lake · 10.2 km
- [Cashmere Valley Upper Basin](https://www.chch.live/lake/cashmere-valley-upper-basin), lake · 10.9 km
- [Cashmere Valley Lower Basin](https://www.chch.live/lake/cashmere-valley-lower-basin), lake · 11.5 km
- [Huntsbury Reservoir](https://www.chch.live/lake/huntsbury-reservoir), lake · 11.6 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Mill pond?**

A named pond in Christchurch, as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Mill pond?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the pond, 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/mill-pond
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