# Tamatea Crag, a cliff of Christchurch

A named cliff in Christchurch.

From the air, an aerial view of Tamatea Crag: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-tamatea-crag (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 silent-file precinct](https://www.chch.live/cultural), the plan keeps the specifics quiet
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL2.0 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Papakainga Kainga Nohoanga](https://www.chch.live/zones), PA
- [The rockfall survey counts 2 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 24 September 2012 · ~250 m from the pin · 579 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.599462&lon=172.661832&radius=250

## Around it

- [Scott Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1626-scott-scenic-reserve), regional park · ~150 m
- [Bowenvale Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1108-bowenvale-park), regional park · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-539-cashmere), track · ~250 m
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-80-hillsborough), track · ~650 m
- [Te Ahi-a-Tamatea](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-ahi-a-tamatea), rock · 1.3 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 · 3.2 km
- [Te Tihi-o-Kahukura/Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock), rock · 3.3 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Tamatea Crag?**

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

**Where exactly is Tamatea Crag?**

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/tamatea-crag
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