# Saddle Hill, a summit of Christchurch A named summit on the city’s high ground, 841 metres above the sea, standing over Wainui. Also recorded as “Puaitaha”. Height: 841 metres Suburb: [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui) ## The ground under it - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), identified in the schedule - [Inside a kept landscape, ONL25.2 - 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](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 September 2010 · 1.8 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.800756&lon=172.860534&radius=250 ## Around it - [Rocky Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/rocky-peak), high place · 2.7 km - [Carews Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/carews-peak), high place · 3.6 km - [French Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/french-hill), high place · 3.8 km - [Devils Gap](https://www.chch.live/summit/devils-gap), high place · 4.0 km ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Saddle Hill?** A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 841 metres above the sea, standing over [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui). **How high is Saddle Hill?** 841 metres, as OpenStreetMap tags it, a mapper’s elevation, not a new survey. **What else is Saddle Hill called?** The map also records “Puaitaha”, 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/saddle-hill Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site