Black Rock Point

Black Rock Point is a cape in Canterbury, South Island. Black Rock Point is situated nearby to the quarter Taylors Mistake, as well as near Scarborough.

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Matuku-takotako and Van Asch College.

Matuku-takotako

Beach

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Matuku-takotako is a beach.

Van Asch College

School

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Van Asch Deaf Education Centre was located in Truro Street, Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand. It was a special school for deaf children, accepting both day and residential pupils, as well being as a resource centre providing services and support for parents, mainstream students and their teachers in the South Island and the Lower North Island.

Jollies Bush

Forest

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Jollies Bush Scenic Reserve, usually known simply as Jollies Bush, is a public scenic reserve in the Port Hills southeast of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taylors Mistake and Scarborough.

Taylors Mistake

Quarter

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake is an area in New Zealand's South Island, at the southeastern extremity of the city of Christchurch Taylors Mistake is a bay adjacent to the locality, on the north side of Awaroa / Godley Head, on the northern edge of Banks Peninsula.

Scarborough

Quarter

Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

Scarborough is a hillside suburb above Sumner in Christchurch, New Zealand. Scarborough is located between Sumner and Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake. It was named for the seaside resort in North Yorkshire, England.

Sumner

Suburb

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sumner is a coastal seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, and was surveyed and named in 1849 in honour of John Bird Sumner, the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the Canterbury Association.

Black Rock Point

Type: Cape
Description: point near Christchurch, New Zealand
Categories: point and landform
Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.58337° or 43° 35′ 0″ south

Longitude

172.7847° or 172° 47′ 5″ east

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

4V8JCQ8M+MV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11110975693

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

6222104

Wikidata ID

Q32132007

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In Other Languages

“Black Rock Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Black Rock Point”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sumner Town Centre and Richmond Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Taylor’s Mistake Beach and Battery Observation Post III.

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