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From the air

aerial view of Mount Cavendish and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Mount Cavendish

A named summit on the city’s high ground, 445 metres above the sea, standing over Heathcote Valley.

On the map as
summit
Height
445m
The suburb
Heathcote Valley

Where it stands

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position, the strong outline is the suburb the map puts it in, the rest are its neighbours.

The ground under it

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

The reports nearby

43 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 28 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge 701–825 Summit Rd · 4 October 2026
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge 701–825 Summit Rd · 26 September 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa Christchurch Gondola Summit Road, Heathcote Valley · 16 June 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 701–825 Summit Rd · 19 May 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 701–825 Summit Rd · 11 March 2026
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge 701–825 Summit Rd · 25 February 2026
Water General 701–825 Summit Rd · 3 December 2025

Questions, answered briefly

What is Mount Cavendish?

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 445 metres above the sea, standing over Heathcote Valley.

How high is Mount Cavendish?

445 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 record behind this

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; the dual names are recorded as the map carries them.

This page as markdown: /summit/mount-cavendish.md · every high place as data: /peaks.geojson · on the big map: /map?layer=peaks · the old sites below: /site · every roll, counted: /geography.