# Mount Ada, a summit of Christchurch A named summit on the city’s high ground, 520 metres above the sea, standing over Governors Bay. Height: 520 metres Suburb: [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay) From the air, an aerial view of Mount Ada: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-mount-ada (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, ONL2.0 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON - [The rockfall survey counts 1 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 1 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 7 October 2010 · 1.2 km from the pin · 284 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.627345&lon=172.627162&radius=250 ## Around it - [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1064-kennedys-bush), regional park · ~150 m - [Hoon Hay Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1076-hoon-hay-scenic-reserve), regional park · ~550 m - [Lookout Rock](https://www.chch.live/summit/lookout-rock), high place · ~700 m - [Ōrongomai / Cass Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/orongomai-cass-peak), high place · ~1000 m - [Marleys Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/marleys-hill), high place · 1.8 km - [Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-heru-o-kahukura-sugarloaf), high place · 3.2 km ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Mount Ada?** A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 520 metres above the sea, standing over [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay). **How high is Mount Ada?** 520 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. --- 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/mount-ada Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site