# Purple Peak, a summit of Christchurch A named summit on the city’s high ground, 646 metres above the sea, standing over Akaroa. Also recorded as “Te Piki o Te Ake”. Height: 646 metres Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa) From the air, an aerial view of Purple Peak: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-purple-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, ONL16.2 - 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 · 5.6 km from the pin The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.812749&lon=173.008845&radius=250 ## Around it - [Parikura](https://www.chch.live/summit/parikura), high place · ~250 m - [Skyline Beech Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/skyline-beech-lookout), high place · ~750 m - [Edge View](https://www.chch.live/summit/edge-view), high place · ~900 m - [Stony Bay Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/stony-bay-peak), high place · ~900 m ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Purple Peak?** A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 646 metres above the sea, standing over [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa). **How high is Purple Peak?** 646 metres, as OpenStreetMap tags it, a mapper’s elevation, not a new survey. **What else is Purple Peak called?** The map also records “Te Piki o Te Ake”, 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/purple-peak Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site