# Okains Peak, a summit of Christchurch

A named summit on the city’s high ground, 573 metres above the sea, standing over Duvauchelle. Also recorded as “Poai-i-ha”.

Height: 573 metres

Suburb: [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle)

From the air, an aerial view of Okains Peak: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-okains-peak (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, ONL19.0 - 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: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 1 October 2010 · 2.3 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.743284&lon=172.990179&radius=250

## Around it

- [Lavericks](https://www.chch.live/summit/lavericks), high place · 2.2 km
- [Duvauchelle Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/duvauchelle-peak), high place · 3.2 km
- [Kellers Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/kellers-peak), high place · 4.2 km
- [West Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/west-peak), high place · 4.6 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Okains Peak?**

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 573 metres above the sea, standing over [Duvauchelle](https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle).

**How high is Okains Peak?**

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

**What else is Okains Peak called?**

The map also records “Poai-i-ha”, 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/okains-peak
Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson
The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site
