Cook’s Mistake

Pegasus Bay, earlier known as Cook's Mistake, is a bay on the east coast of the of New Zealand, to the north of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Scoro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Pegasus Bay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brooklands Lagoon.

Lake
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
is an elongated estuary near . The drains into it and it is at the mouth of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spencerville and Brooklands.

Village
Photo: Gavin Treadgold, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a semi-rural village on the east coast of Canterbury, New Zealand north of . The town backs on to and includes a large park and 80 hectare camping ground.

Hamlet
Photo: Gavin Treadgold, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the northernmost suburb of , New Zealand. The settlement was built on former swamp land adjacent to , which forms part of the mouth.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small rural community in the , New Zealand. It is on Pegasus Bay and on the north bank of the mouth. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "sky eater" for .

Cook’s Mistake

Latitude
-43.4175° or 43° 25′ 3″ south
Longitude
172.72158° or 172° 43′ 18″ east
Open location code
4V8JHPMC+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5900505856
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2184726
Wiki­data ID
Q1782677
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Satellite Map

Discover Cook’s Mistake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Cook’s Mistake” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Badia Pegasus”
  • Catalan: “Pegasus Bay”
  • Cebuano: “Pegasus Bay (luuk sa Canterbury)”
  • Cebuano: “Pegasus Bay (luuk, lat -43,33, long 173,00)”
  • Cebuano: “Pegasus Bay”
  • Czech: “Pegasus”
  • Dutch: “Pegasus Bay”
  • Finnish: “Pegasuksenlahti”
  • French: “baie de Pegasus”
  • French: “Baie de Pegasus”
  • German: “Pegasus Bay”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ פגסוס”
  • Japanese: “ペガサス湾”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pegasus Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pegasusbukta”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Pegaza”
  • Venetian: “Baja de Pegasus”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Brooklands Lagoon and Stewarts Gully.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brooklands Lagoon and Bird Hide.

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