# Middle Sister, a cliff of Christchurch

A named cliff in Christchurch, at Lyttelton.

Suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton)

From the air, an aerial view of Middle Sister: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-middle-sister (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, ONL1.0 - 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 53 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 29 came down · 4 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 28 February 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 470 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.590722&lon=172.729342&radius=250

## Around it

- [Mt Pleasant Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1659-mt-pleasant-reserve), regional park · ~200 m
- [Greenwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1909-greenwood-park), regional park · ~450 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-187-sumner), track · ~400 m
- [Twisted Sister](https://www.chch.live/rock/twisted-sister), rock · under 150 m
- [Ugly Sister](https://www.chch.live/rock/ugly-sister), rock · under 150 m
- [Cwag W](https://www.chch.live/rock/cwag-w), rock · ~350 m
- [Crag X](https://www.chch.live/rock/crag-x), rock · ~350 m


## The reports nearby
1 report pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6105927), [533 Summit Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/533-summit-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Middle Sister?**

A named cliff in Christchurch, at [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Middle Sister?**

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/middle-sister
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