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Pegasus Bay, earlier known as Cook's Mistake, is a bay on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. LocationThe bay has a sandy beach and runs from Banks Peninsula to the Waipara River mouth. The city of Christchurch is at the southern end of the bay. Other than dolphins including the endemic, endangered Hector's Dolphins that regularly live or visit into the waters, whales such as southern right and humpback are known to migrate into the gulf.[1][2] RiversRivers flowing into Pegasus Bay, from north to south, are:
NamingThe Pegasus was the name of the sailing ship which surveyed part of the South Island in 1809. The first mate of the brig Pegasus, William Stewart, gave Pegasus Bay its name.[3] The captain of the ship, Captain Samuel Chase (not to be confused with his contemporary, Captain Samuel Rodman Chace),[4] lays claim to correcting James Cook's charts by determining that "Banks Island" was in fact a peninsula. As late as 1843, the bay was referred to as Cook's Mistake.[5]The MV Pegasus Bay was also the final name of a container ship that operated with a variety of owners from 1978 to 2002.[6] It was made into a Triang model ship under another name, MV City of Durban.[7] References1. ^Clement D.. 2009. [https://www.lpc.co.nz/TempFiles/TempDocuments/Other/Maintenance%20Dredging/Appendix%2010%20-%20Cawthron%20report%201705.pdf Assessment of Potential Effects on Marine Mammals of Proposed Capital Dredging of Approach Channel to Lyttelton Port of Christchurch and Offshore Disposal of Spoil]. Cawthron Report. No. 1705. retrieved on November 5. 2014 {{Waimakariri District}}{{Coord|43|20|S|173|00|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody_scale:1000000|display=title}}{{CanterburyNZ-geo-stub}}2. ^Description of the Environment. Retrieved on November 5. 2014 3. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Chronology/Year/1809.asp |title=Christchurch Chronology 1809 - Heritage |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries |date=2013-06-12 |accessdate=2015-09-29}} 4. ^{{cite book |title= Taka: a vignette life of William Tucker 1784-1817 |last= Entwisle |first= Peter | authorlink=Peter Entwisle |year= 2005 |publisher= Port Daniel Press |location= |isbn= 0-473-10098-3 |page= 49 |url= https://books.google.com/?id=ELYS5ftt7NgC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22The+pegasus%22+captain+samuel+chace+-wikipedia#v=onepage&q=%22The%20pegasus%22%20captain%20samuel%20chase&f=false |accessdate= 2010-08-19}} 5. ^{{cite book | title = A History of Canterbury : to 1854 | volume = I | last1 = Hight | first1 = James | authorlink1 = James Hight | last2 = Straubel | first2 = C. R. | year = 1957 | publisher = Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd | location = Christchurch | page=35}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bluestarline.org/act/act8.html |title=ACT 8 |publisher=Bluestarline.org |date=2002-10-19 |accessdate=2015-09-29}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.triangminicships.com/modern_edition/merchants/p623.htm |title=P 623 MV City of Durban (Ellerman Lines) |publisher=Tri-ang Minic Ships |date= |accessdate=2015-09-29}} 3 : Landforms of Canterbury, New Zealand|Bays of New Zealand|Waimakariri District |
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