# Coffin Rock, a cliff of Christchurch

A named cliff in Christchurch, at Little River.

Suburb: [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river)

From the air, an aerial view of Coffin Rock: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-coffin-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
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Saddle Hill
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL25.2 - 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: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 October 2010 · 1.5 km from the pin · 3 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.801517&lon=172.847519&radius=250

## Around it

- [Pulpit Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/pulpit-rock), rock · 2.4 km
- [Little River Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/little-river-crag), rock · 6.6 km
- [Screaming Whippets Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/screaming-whippets-crag), rock · 7.4 km
- [Brasenose Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/brasenose-crag), rock · 11.1 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Coffin Rock?**

A named cliff in Christchurch, at [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Coffin 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/coffin-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