# Lions Head, a rock of Christchurch

A named rock in Christchurch.

From the air, an aerial view of Lions Head: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-lions-head (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 scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Purau
- [Inside a kept landscape, Significant rural landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Rural Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuBP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 3 August 2012 · ~650 m from the pin · 51 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.663232&lon=172.764994&radius=250

## Around it

- [Dawn Wall](https://www.chch.live/rock/dawn-wall), rock · 1.9 km
- [The Temple](https://www.chch.live/rock/temple), rock · 2.1 km
- [Crystal Clearlight](https://www.chch.live/rock/crystal-clearlight), rock · 3.2 km
- [Fantasy Factory](https://www.chch.live/rock/fantasy-factory), rock · 3.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Lions Head?**

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

**Where exactly is Lions Head?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the rock, 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/lions-head
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