# Mount Sinclair, a summit of Christchurch A named summit on the city’s high ground, 841 metres above the sea, standing over Little River. Also recorded as “Hikuika”. Height: 841 metres Suburb: [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river) From the air, an aerial view of Mount Sinclair: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-mount-sinclair (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, ONL26.0 - 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 nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 18 June 2011 · 2.1 km from the pin · 16 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.717323&lon=172.860092&radius=250 ## Around it - [Mount Fitzgerald](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-fitzgerald), high place · 2.2 km - [Akaroa Harbour View](https://www.chch.live/summit/akaroa-harbour-view), high place · 3.2 km - [Wild Cattle Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/wild-cattle-hill), high place · 5.1 km - [Pigeon Bay Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/pigeon-bay-peak), high place · 5.3 km ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Mount Sinclair?** A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 841 metres above the sea, standing over [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river). **How high is Mount Sinclair?** 841 metres, as OpenStreetMap tags it, a mapper’s elevation, not a new survey. **What else is Mount Sinclair called?** The map also records “Hikuika”, 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. --- 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-sinclair Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site