Gibraltar Rock

Gibraltar Rock is in Canterbury, South Island. Gibraltar Rock is situated nearby to the locality Allandale, as well as near the hamlet Teddington.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ōmawete/Coopers Knob and Cass Peak.

Ōmawete/Coopers Knob

Peak

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ōmawete / Coopers Knob is a hill in the Port Hills approximately 13.5 kilometres south of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is the highest point on the Port Hills, at 573 metres.

Cass Peak

Peak

Photo: Melissa Hutchison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ōrongomai / Cass Peak is a hill in the western Port Hills in Christchurch, New Zealand. Its most notable feature is a radar dome that was built on the peak in the late 1980s, which is used for aircraft positioning services. Cass Peak is situated 3 km north of Gibraltar Rock.

Otahuna

Hotel

Photo: Ralph Bestic, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Otahuna Lodge is the former homestead of the lawyer, runholder, stock breeder, politician, horticulturist, philatelist and philanthropist Sir Heaton Rhodes. Otahuna is situated 2½ km west of Gibraltar Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Teddington and Ohinetahi.

Teddington

Hamlet

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Teddington is a very small community on Banks Peninsula at the head of Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō. It sits on the junction of the road to Gebbies Pass and the road from Purau to Christchurch. Teddington is situated 3½ km east of Gibraltar Rock.