# Te Poho-o-Tamatea, a summit of Christchurch A named summit on the city’s high ground, 405 metres above the sea. Height: 405 metres From the air, an aerial view of Te Poho-o-Tamatea: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-te-poho-o-tamatea (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 - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Te Poho o Tamatea - [Inside a kept landscape, ONL2.0 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Papakainga Kainga Nohoanga](https://www.chch.live/zones), PA - [The rockfall survey counts 81 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 46 came down · 6 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.6](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 1 May 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 533 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.603051&lon=172.669952&radius=250 ## Around it - [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-58-cashmere), track · ~900 m - [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-80-hillsborough), track · ~950 m - [Mount Vernon](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-vernon), high place · 1.0 km - [Te Upoko-o-Kurī / Witch Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-upoko-o-kuri-witch-hill), high place · 1.2 km - [Hidden Valley lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/hidden-valley-lookout), high place · 1.5 km - [seat](https://www.chch.live/summit/seat), high place · 1.5 km ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Te Poho-o-Tamatea?** A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 405 metres above the sea. **How high is Te Poho-o-Tamatea?** 405 metres, as OpenStreetMap tags it, a mapper’s elevation, not a new survey. **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/te-poho-o-tamatea Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site