# Pulpit Rock, a rock of Christchurch

A named rock in Christchurch, at Wainui.

Suburb: [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui)

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

## The ground under it

- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study
- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL21.0 - Outstanding Natural 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), 8 September 2010 · 2.8 km from the pin · 3 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.788954&lon=172.871935&radius=250

## Around it

- [Coffin Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/coffin-rock), rock · 2.4 km
- [Screaming Whippets Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/screaming-whippets-crag), rock · 8.2 km
- [Little River Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/little-river-crag), rock · 8.2 km
- [Brasenose Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/brasenose-crag), rock · 9.9 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Pulpit Rock?**

A named rock in Christchurch, at [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Pulpit Rock?**

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/pulpit-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