# The Stones, a lookout of Christchurch

A named lookout on the city’s high ground, standing over Akaroa.

Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)

From the air, an aerial view of The Stones: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-stones (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 Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M4.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · 8.2 km from the pin
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.838081&lon=173.030045&radius=250

## Around it

- [Woodcutter's Clearing](https://www.chch.live/summit/woodcutters-clearing), high place · 1.7 km
- [Jules Knob](https://www.chch.live/summit/jules-knob), high place · 2.6 km
- [Stony Bay Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/stony-bay-peak), high place · 2.8 km
- [Edge View](https://www.chch.live/summit/edge-view), high place · 2.8 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is The Stones?**

A named lookout in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing over [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa).

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