# Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki, a summit of Christchurch

A named summit on the city’s high ground, 919 metres above the sea. Also recorded as “Te Ahu Pātiki” and “Mount Herbert”.

Height: 919 metres

From the air, an aerial view of Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-mount-herbert-te-ahu-patiki (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 Ahu Pātiki
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL28.1 - 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: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 14 June 2011 · 1.8 km from the pin · 10 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.689507&lon=172.741477&radius=250

## Around it

- [Little Mount Herbert](https://www.chch.live/summit/little-mount-herbert), high place · 1.2 km
- [Eye of the Needle](https://www.chch.live/summit/eye-of-the-needle), high place · 2.6 km
- [Mount Bradley](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-bradley), high place · 2.6 km
- [The Monument](https://www.chch.live/summit/monument), high place · 2.7 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki?**

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 919 metres above the sea.

**How high is Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki?**

919 metres, as OpenStreetMap tags it, a mapper’s elevation, not a new survey.

**What else is Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki called?**

The map also records “Te Ahu Pātiki” and “Mount Herbert”, 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.


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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/mount-herbert-te-ahu-patiki
Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson
The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site
