# Benoit, a summit of Christchurch

A named summit on the city’s high ground, standing over Akaroa.

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

From the air, an aerial view of Benoit: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-benoit (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, Significant rural 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: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 1 October 2010 · 3.7 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.797361&lon=172.990361&radius=250

## Around it

- [Akaroa Heritage Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1267-akaroa-heritage-park), community park · ~400 m
- [Skyline Beech Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/skyline-beech-lookout), high place · 2.1 km
- [Coppertop](https://www.chch.live/summit/coppertop), high place · 2.1 km
- [Purple Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/purple-peak), high place · 2.3 km
- [Parikura](https://www.chch.live/summit/parikura), high place · 2.4 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Benoit?**

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing over [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa).

**Is the pin on the map exact?**

It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, the top or the viewing spot as the volunteer map marks it. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position, elevation and names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named peak or viewpoint inside the city boundary (ODbL). An elevation is the mapper’s tag, not a fresh survey; a listing is a lead, not a register entry.
The page: https://www.chch.live/summit/benoit
Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson
The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site