# Kamautaurua Island, a reef of Christchurch

A named reef in Christchurch. Also recorded as “Kamautaurua” and “Shag Reef”.

From the air, an aerial view of Kamautaurua Island: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-kamautaurua-island (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 9 July 2015 · ~250 m from the pin · 279 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.615987&lon=172.704976&radius=250

## Around it

- [Church Bay Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/church-bay-crag), rock · 2.6 km
- [Te Moenga-o-Wheke/The Tors](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-moenga-o-wheke-the-tors), rock · 2.8 km
- [Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/castle-rock), rock · 3.1 km
- [Te Tihi-o-Kahukura/Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock), rock · 3.2 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Kamautaurua Island?**

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

**What else is Kamautaurua Island called?**

The map also records “Kamautaurua” and “Shag Reef”, the page answers to all of them.

**Where exactly is Kamautaurua Island?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the reef, 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/kamautaurua-island
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