# seat, a lookout of Christchurch

A named lookout on the city’s high ground.

From the air, an aerial view of seat: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-seat (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 silent-file precinct](https://www.chch.live/cultural), the plan keeps the specifics quiet
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL2.0 - 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 rockfall survey counts 29 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 8 came down · 5 wobble easy
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.6](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 538 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.604601&lon=172.651432&radius=250

## Around it

- [Sugarloaf Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1522-sugarloaf-reserve), the regional park it’s inside
- [Thomson Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/928-thomson-scenic-reserve), regional park · ~150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-539-cashmere), track · ~300 m
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-494-christchurch), track · 1.1 km
- [Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-heru-o-kahukura-sugarloaf), high place · ~200 m
- [Te Poho-o-Tamatea](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-poho-o-tamatea), high place · 1.5 km
- [Hidden Valley lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/hidden-valley-lookout), high place · 1.6 km
- [Marleys Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/marleys-hill), high place · 1.6 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is seat?**

A named lookout in the open map’s record of Christchurch.

**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/seat
Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson
The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site