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.
  • Bay
  • …is also known as “Pegasus Bay”
  • Description: bay in New Zealand

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brooklands Lagoon.

Lake
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
is an elongated estuary near .

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…

Hamlet
Photo: Gavin Treadgold, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the northernmost suburb of , New Zealand.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small rural community in the , New Zealand.

Cook’s Mistake

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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

Satellite Map

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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.

New Zealand: Highlights

Notable places include Auckland and Wellington.

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