# Ōmawete / Coopers Knob, a summit of Christchurch

A named summit on the city’s high ground, 573 metres above the sea, standing over Governors Bay. Also recorded as “Ōmawete”.

Height: 573 metres

Suburb: [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay)

From the air, an aerial view of Ōmawete / Coopers Knob: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-omawete-coopers-knob (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## On the register nearby

Listed places within about 300m, neighbours of the spot, not the spot itself unless the register says so.

- [Rhodes Spring](https://www.chch.live/place/598)

## 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), Whakaraupō
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL2.0 - 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 rockfall survey counts 2 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.6](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 4 September 2010 · 2.6 km from the pin · 5 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.661131&lon=172.624839&radius=250

## Around it

- [Coopers Knob](https://www.chch.live/park/1013-coopers-knob), regional park · under 150 m
- [Ahuriri Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1071-ahuriri-scenic-reserve), regional park · ~400 m
- [Ōrongomai / Cass Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/orongomai-cass-peak), high place · 2.8 km
- [Lookout Rock](https://www.chch.live/summit/lookout-rock), high place · 3.2 km
- [Mount Ada](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-ada), high place · 3.8 km
- [Marleys Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/marleys-hill), high place · 5.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Ōmawete / Coopers Knob?**

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

**How high is Ōmawete / Coopers Knob?**

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

**What else is Ōmawete / Coopers Knob called?**

The map also records “Ōmawete”, the page answers to all of them.

**What’s on the register near Ōmawete / Coopers Knob?**

1 listed place within 300m of the pin, each opens its own record from this page.


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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/omawete-coopers-knob
Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson
The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site
