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.
Van Asch College
School
Photo: Archives New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
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″ southLongitude
172.7847° or 172° 47′ 5″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
4V8JCQ8M+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 11110975693OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
“Black Rock Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Rock Point”
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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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