Governors Bay
Governors Bay is a small town in Canterbury, New Zealand. Governors Bay has about 940 residents.Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sugarloaf and Marleys Hill.
Sugarloaf
Peak
Photo: CoderThomasB, CC0.
Sugarloaf is a hill in the Port Hills, 8 km south of central Christchurch in New Zealand. The hill is home to the main television and FM radio transmitter for Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region.
Marleys Hill
Peak
Marleys Hill is a hill in the Port Hills above Christchurch, New Zealand. It is a short distance south-west of Sugarloaf, and is taller than it by a few 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ohinetahi and Rāpaki.
Rāpaki
Quarter
Photo: Allie Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, commonly known as Rāpaki or Rapaki, is a small settlement within the Lyttelton Harbour basin. Rāpaki is one of four Banks Peninsula rūnanga based around marae. Rāpaki is situated 3½ km northeast of Governors Bay.
Cass Bay
Quarter
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cass Bay is a quarter, which is situated 4 km northeast of Governors Bay.
Governors Bay
- Type: Village with 940 residents
- Description: locality in Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.62484° or 43° 37′ 29″ southLongitude
172.648° or 172° 38′ 53″ eastPopulation
940Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)Open location code
4V8J9JGX+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 204883874OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8556356Wikidata ID
Q5589764
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Governors Bay” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Governors Bay”
- French: “Governors Bay”
- Italian: “Governors Bay”
- Maori: “Governors Bay”
- Polish: “Governors Bay”
- Turkish: “Governors Bay”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hilda Frame Reserve and Governors Bay Community Hall.
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