Pegasus Bay

Pegasus Bay
Pegasus Bay, with New Brighton the spit in the foreground
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.