# The Stones, a cliff of Christchurch

A named cliff in Christchurch, at Akaroa.

Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)

From the air, an aerial view of The Stones: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-stones (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, ONL16.2 - 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: M4.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · 8.2 km from the pin
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.837953&lon=173.029842&radius=250

## Around it

- [Stony Bay Peak - Climbing area](https://www.chch.live/rock/stony-bay-peak-climbing-area), rock · 2.8 km
- [Brasenose Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/brasenose-crag), rock · 4.2 km
- [Red Bluff](https://www.chch.live/rock/red-bluff), rock · 4.3 km
- [Jacobs Ladder](https://www.chch.live/rock/jacobs-ladder), rock · 9.0 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is The Stones?**

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

**Where exactly is The Stones?**

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/stones
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