# The rocks and quarries of Christchurch

Every named rock, crag, reef and quarry the open map records inside the city, 31 cliffs and crags, 8 rocks, 1 reef and 5 quarries, plus 1,003 more drawn without a name.

## The cliffs and crags

- [Big Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/big-rock)
- [Bivvy Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/bivvy-rock)
- [Brasenose Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/brasenose-crag)
- [Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/castle-rock)
- [Cattle Stop crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/cattle-stop-crag)
- [Church Bay Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/church-bay-crag)
- [Coffin Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/coffin-rock)
- [Crag X](https://www.chch.live/rock/crag-x)
- [Crystal Clearlight](https://www.chch.live/rock/crystal-clearlight)
- [Cwag W](https://www.chch.live/rock/cwag-w)
- [Dawn Wall](https://www.chch.live/rock/dawn-wall)
- [Fantasy Factory](https://www.chch.live/rock/fantasy-factory)
- [Holmes Bay Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/holmes-bay-crag)
- [Jacobs Ladder](https://www.chch.live/rock/jacobs-ladder)
- [Jane Fonda Workout Wall](https://www.chch.live/rock/jane-fonda-workout-wall)
- [John Britten crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/john-britten-crag)
- [Kereru Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/kereru-crag)
- [Little River Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/little-river-crag)
- [Middle Sister](https://www.chch.live/rock/middle-sister)
- [Otepatotu](https://www.chch.live/rock/otepatotu)
- [Red Bluff](https://www.chch.live/rock/red-bluff)
- [Screaming Whippets Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/screaming-whippets-crag)
- [Stony Bay Peak - Climbing area](https://www.chch.live/rock/stony-bay-peak-climbing-area)
- [Tamatea Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/tamatea-crag)
- [Te Ahi-a-Tamatea](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-ahi-a-tamatea), also “Te Whakatakanga o te Karehu a Tamatea”
- [The Stones](https://www.chch.live/rock/stones)
- [Twisted Sister](https://www.chch.live/rock/twisted-sister)
- [Ugly Sister](https://www.chch.live/rock/ugly-sister)
- [Windsor Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/windsor-crag)
- [Wobbly Wall](https://www.chch.live/rock/wobbly-wall)
- [Wunderbar Wall](https://www.chch.live/rock/wunderbar-wall)

## The rocks

- [Biggish rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/biggish-rock)
- [Lions Head](https://www.chch.live/rock/lions-head)
- [Parson Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/parson-rock)
- [Pulpit Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/pulpit-rock)
- [Remarkable Dykes](https://www.chch.live/rock/remarkable-dykes)
- [Te Moenga-o-Wheke/The Tors](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-moenga-o-wheke-the-tors)
- [Te Tihi-o-Kahukura/Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock)
- [The Temple](https://www.chch.live/rock/temple)

## The reefs

- [Kamautaurua Island](https://www.chch.live/rock/kamautaurua-island), also “Kamautaurua”

## The quarries

- [Gollans Bay Quarry](https://www.chch.live/rock/gollans-bay-quarry)
- [Old Halswell Quarry](https://www.chch.live/rock/old-halswell-quarry)
- [old Heathcote Quarry site](https://www.chch.live/rock/old-heathcote-quarry-site)
- [Roydon Quarry](https://www.chch.live/rock/roydon-quarry)
- [Waimak Production Site](https://www.chch.live/rock/waimak-production-site)


## Questions, answered briefly

**How many named rocks does Christchurch have?**

31 named cliffs and crags, 8 rocks, 1 reef and 5 quarries on the open map: plus 1,003 more drawn without a name, the Port Hills' volcanic tors and the pits that built the city.

**What are the crag names?**

The climbing community’s own, Castle Rock, The Tors, the workout walls of the Port Hills, recorded on the map alongside the older Māori and English names. Each page lists every name the map knows.

**Why are the quarries on this roll?**

The quarries are where the stone left the hills, Halswell’s basalt built the city’s kerbs and walls. They are mapped as landuse=quarry; the register’s listings for them live at [/history](https://www.chch.live/history).

**Where does the stone map come from?**

OpenStreetMap, every named cliff, rock, reef and quarry inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position, not a surveyed mark.


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Named cliffs, rocks, reefs and quarries on OpenStreetMap, inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature, not a surveyed mark; the crag names and the dual names are the map’s own.
The roll as data: https://www.chch.live/rock.geojson
The high places: https://www.chch.live/summit
The old sites: https://www.chch.live/site