# Coppertop, a summit of Christchurch

A named summit on the city’s high ground, 670 metres above the sea, standing over Akaroa.

Height: 670 metres

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

From the air, an aerial view of Coppertop: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-coppertop (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 Rural Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuBP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 1 October 2010 · 4.9 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.804347&lon=173.014862&radius=250

## Around it

- [Skyline Beech Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/skyline-beech-lookout), high place · ~300 m
- [Ferngully](https://www.chch.live/summit/ferngully), high place · ~1000 m
- [Purple Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/purple-peak), high place · 1.1 km
- [Look Out](https://www.chch.live/summit/look-out), high place · 1.2 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Coppertop?**

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 670 metres above the sea, standing over [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa).

**How high is Coppertop?**

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

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