Banks Peninsula Map

The Banks Peninsula is a peninsula in New Zealand. This map shows its extent on shaded relief, with the surrounding relief, rivers, borders and cities.

Banks Peninsula Map
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How to read this map

Its typical elevation is about 919 m (3,015 ft).

The dashed outline marks the Banks Peninsula as mapped by Natural Earth. Towns and cities on the map include Christchurch, Ashburton and Kaiapoi.

Greens show lower elevations; tan and brown show higher land, with pale tones toward the highest terrain. Shadows emphasize the slopes, and vertical relief is exaggerated so landforms are easier to read. Dashed lines show country borders.

The relief uses Terrain Tiles (SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 elevation data). Rivers, lakes, borders and the outline of the Banks Peninsula come from Natural Earth, and the figures on this page from Wikidata. Natural Earth draws features at a small scale, so the outline is a guide to where the Banks Peninsula is, not a surveyed boundary.

Blank physical map

The blank version keeps the mapped features and removes the place labels. Download it for a geography worksheet or practice identifying the features.

Banks Peninsula Map without names
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Banks Peninsula facts

FactValue
Population (Wikidata)8,900
Body of waterthe Pacific Ocean
CountriesNew Zealand

Data sources and license

Map design and rendered images: Atlas of Maps, CC BY 4.0. Source databases retain their own licenses; the map license does not replace them.

Maps of the countries: New Zealand. Compare with the world mountain ranges map.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Banks Peninsula?

The Banks Peninsula is in New Zealand.

Can I download a blank map of the Banks Peninsula?

Yes. The blank version keeps the relief, rivers and borders and the highlighted landform but removes the place names. Both versions are free to download as PNG and as an A4 PDF.

Use this map

You can download, print and share this map for free, in class, in school projects, in presentations and on websites, as long as you credit the source: Banks Peninsula Map · Atlas of Maps (atlasofmaps.com), license CC BY 4.0.

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