# Marleys Hill, a summit of Christchurch

A named summit on the city’s high ground, 502 metres above the sea.

Height: 502 metres

From the air, an aerial view of Marleys Hill: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-marleys-hill (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
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Unlikely”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL38.3 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan reserves this ground for Marleys Hill Land Mobile Station](https://www.chch.live/designations), Chorus New Zealand Limited
- [The plan zones this ground Rural Port Hills](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuPH
- [The rockfall survey counts 6 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down · 2 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.7](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 9 March 2011 · ~450 m from the pin · 477 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.611778&lon=172.633806&radius=250

## Around it

- [Marleys Hill](https://www.chch.live/park/1596-marleys-hill), regional park · under 150 m
- [Hoon Hay Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1076-hoon-hay-scenic-reserve), regional park · ~450 m
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-494-christchurch), track · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-527-cashmere), track · ~550 m
- [Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-heru-o-kahukura-sugarloaf), high place · 1.6 km
- [seat](https://www.chch.live/summit/seat), high place · 1.6 km
- [Mount Ada](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-ada), high place · 1.8 km
- [Lookout Rock](https://www.chch.live/summit/lookout-rock), high place · 2.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Marleys Hill?**

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 502 metres above the sea.

**How high is Marleys Hill?**

502 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/marleys-hill
Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson
The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site