# Bivvy Rock, a cliff of Christchurch

A named cliff in Christchurch, at Governors Bay.

Suburb: [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay)

From the air, an aerial view of Bivvy Rock: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-bivvy-rock (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, ONL2.0 - 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 rockfall survey counts 1 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 1 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 October 2010 · 1.1 km from the pin · 303 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.626268&lon=172.627875&radius=250

## Around it

- [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1064-kennedys-bush), regional park · ~250 m
- [Hoon Hay Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1076-hoon-hay-scenic-reserve), regional park · ~450 m
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-494-christchurch), track · 1.4 km
- [Tamatea Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/tamatea-crag), rock · 4.0 km
- [Old Halswell Quarry](https://www.chch.live/rock/old-halswell-quarry), rock · 4.9 km
- [Te Ahi-a-Tamatea](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-ahi-a-tamatea), rock · 5.3 km
- [Kamautaurua Island](https://www.chch.live/rock/kamautaurua-island), rock · 6.3 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Bivvy Rock?**

A named cliff in Christchurch, at [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Bivvy Rock?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the cliff, the formation’s own ground, or its centreline’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 cliff, rock, reef or quarry inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature; the dual names and the crag names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/rock/bivvy-rock
The whole 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