# Holmes, a summit of Christchurch

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

Suburb: [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay)

From the air, an aerial view of Holmes: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-holmes (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, 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: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 18 June 2011 · ~1000 m from the pin · 46 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.653694&lon=172.892944&radius=250

## Around it

- [Zig Zag](https://www.chch.live/summit/zig-zag), high place · 2.7 km
- [Haytor](https://www.chch.live/summit/haytor), high place · 3.4 km
- [Wild Cattle Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/wild-cattle-hill), high place · 3.7 km
- [Graeme](https://www.chch.live/summit/graeme), high place · 5.8 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Holmes?**

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing over [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay).

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