# The Temple, a rock of Christchurch

A named rock in Christchurch, at Port Levy.

Suburb: [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy)

From the air, an aerial view of The Temple: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=rock-temple (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, ONL6.3 - 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: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 16 May 2014 · ~200 m from the pin · 58 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.673212&lon=172.786649&radius=250

## Around it

- [Lions Head](https://www.chch.live/rock/lions-head), rock · 2.1 km
- [Dawn Wall](https://www.chch.live/rock/dawn-wall), rock · 3.8 km
- [Kereru Crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/kereru-crag), rock · 4.8 km
- [Crystal Clearlight](https://www.chch.live/rock/crystal-clearlight), rock · 5.2 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is The Temple?**

A named rock in Christchurch, at [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is The Temple?**

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/temple
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