# Lucas Peak, a summit of Christchurch A named summit on the city’s high ground, 381 metres above the sea, standing over Wainui. Also recorded as “Mount Lewis”. Height: 381 metres Suburb: [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui) From the air, an aerial view of Lucas Peak: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-lucas-peak (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), Whakaroa (Akaroa) - [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](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: M4.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · 2.4 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.882896&lon=172.924022&radius=250 ## Around it - [North Head](https://www.chch.live/summit/north-head), high place · 4.0 km - [Tuhiraki / Bossu](https://www.chch.live/summit/tuhiraki-bossu), high place · 4.8 km - [Brasenose](https://www.chch.live/summit/brasenose), high place · 6.8 km - [Kaik Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/kaik-hill), high place · 6.9 km ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Lucas Peak?** A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 381 metres above the sea, standing over [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui). **How high is Lucas Peak?** 381 metres, as OpenStreetMap tags it, a mapper’s elevation, not a new survey. **What else is Lucas Peak called?** The map also records “Mount Lewis”, 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. --- 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/lucas-peak Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site