# The Monument, a summit of Christchurch

A named summit on the city’s high ground, standing over Port Levy.

Suburb: [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy)

From the air, an aerial view of The Monument: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-monument (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), Te Pōhue
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL6.3 - 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), 11 July 2011 · ~400 m from the pin · 42 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.678227&lon=172.771581&radius=250

## Around it

- [Little Mount Herbert](https://www.chch.live/summit/little-mount-herbert), high place · 2.4 km
- [Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-herbert-te-ahu-patiki), high place · 2.7 km
- [Mount Evans](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-evans), high place · 3.9 km
- [Magnificent Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/magnificent-lookout), high place · 4.1 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is The Monument?**

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing over [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy).

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