# Devils Gap, a summit of Christchurch

A named summit on the city’s high ground, 735 metres above the sea, standing over Little River.

Height: 735 metres

Suburb: [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river)

From the air, an aerial view of Devils Gap: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-devils-gap (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, ONL24.2 - 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: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 October 2010 · 1.9 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.824027&lon=172.822379&radius=250

## Around it

- [Te Oka Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1661-te-oka-reserve), regional park · ~150 m
- [Te Oka](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-oka), high place · 3.5 km
- [Carews Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/carews-peak), high place · 3.6 km
- [Saddle Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/saddle-hill), high place · 4.0 km
- [Tuhiraki / Bossu](https://www.chch.live/summit/tuhiraki-bossu), high place · 5.9 km


## The reports nearby
1 report pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/3103372), Gap Road, Canterbury 7591, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Devils Gap?**

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 735 metres above the sea, standing over [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river).

**How high is Devils Gap?**

735 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/devils-gap
Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson
The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site
