Pegasus Bay

Pegasus Bay
Pegasus Bay, with New Brighton the spit in the foreground
Pegasus Bay, with New Brighton the spit in the foreground
Location of Pegasus Bay
Location of Pegasus Bay
LocationSouth Island
Coordinates43°20′S 173°00′E / 43.333°S 173.000°E / -43.333; 173.000
TypeBay
Part ofPacific Ocean
Basin countriesNew Zealand

Pegasus Bay, earlier known as Cook's Mistake, is a bay on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, to the north of Banks Peninsula.