# Brasenose, a summit of Christchurch

A named summit on the city’s high ground, 785 metres above the sea, standing over Akaroa. Also recorded as “Ōteauheke”.

Height: 785 metres

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

From the air, an aerial view of Brasenose: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-brasenose (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
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōteauheke
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL18.0 - 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 · 5.9 km from the pin
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.836481&lon=172.978278&radius=250

## Around it

- [Misty Peaks Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1041-misty-peaks-reserve), the regional park it’s inside
- [Flag Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/flag-peak), high place · ~800 m
- [Berard](https://www.chch.live/summit/berard), high place · 1.1 km
- [Aylmers Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/aylmers-hill), high place · 2.3 km
- [Kaik Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/kaik-hill), high place · 2.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Brasenose?**

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 785 metres above the sea, standing over [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa).

**How high is Brasenose?**

785 metres, as OpenStreetMap tags it, a mapper’s elevation, not a new survey.

**What else is Brasenose called?**

The map also records “Ōteauheke”, the page answers to all of them.

**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/brasenose
Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson
The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site