# Takamatua Hill, a summit of Christchurch

A named summit on the city’s high ground, 209 metres above the sea, standing over Akaroa. Also recorded as “Ōtipua”.

Height: 209 metres

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

From the air, an aerial view of Takamatua Hill: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-takamatua-hill (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## 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 scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaroa (Akaroa)
- [Inside a kept landscape, Significant rural 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), 12 July 2011 · 1.6 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.792762&lon=172.953954&radius=250

## Around it

- [Moa's point](https://www.chch.live/summit/moas-point), high place · ~800 m
- [Lovers lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/lovers-lookout), high place · 2.2 km
- [Big Pine Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/big-pine-lookout), high place · 2.3 km
- [Benoit](https://www.chch.live/summit/benoit), high place · 3.0 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Takamatua Hill?**

A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 209 metres above the sea, standing over [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa).

**How high is Takamatua Hill?**

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

**What else is Takamatua Hill called?**

The map also records “Ōtipua”, 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.


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