Pegasus
Pegasus is a new town in the Waimakariri District of Canterbury, New Zealand. Named for the nearby Pegasus Bay, it is adjacent to the town of Woodend and is 25 km north of Christchurch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 3,810 residents
- Description: town in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Pegasus Town” and “Pegasus, New Zealand”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waikuku and Woodend.
Waikuku
Village
Waikuku is a small town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, which sits 28 km north of central Christchurch. Waikuku lies 11.8 km south of Leithfield on state highway 1 and 3 km north of Woodend.
Woodend
Town
Photo: Gavin Treadgold, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodend is a town in the Waimakariri District, in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It may have been named because it was on the edge of what was then called the Maori Bush, or after an early settler, Thomas Wooding. Woodend is situated 2½ km west of Pegasus.
Woodend Beach
Village
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woodend Beach is a small rural community in the Waimakariri District, New Zealand. Woodend Beach is situated 2½ km south of Pegasus.
Pegasus
- Category: locality
- Location: Waimakariri District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.31322° or 43° 18′ 48″ southLongitude
172.69514° or 172° 41′ 43″ eastPopulation
3,810Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Named after
Pegasus BayOpen location code
4V8JMMPW+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 300531797OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Pegasus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلدة بيغاسوس”
- Asturian: “Pegasus”
- Dutch: “Pegasus Town”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلدة بيجاسوس”
- French: “Pegasus town”
- French: “Pegasus Town”
- Italian: “Pegasus Town”
- Malay: “Bandar Pegasus”
- Maori: “Pegasus”
- Polish: “Pegasus (Nowa Zelandia)”
- Polish: “Pegasus”
- Russian: “Пегасус”
- Turkish: “Pegasus”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Pegasus Playground and Stewart Reserve.
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