| Type: | suburb |
| Pelican | |
| State: | nsw |
| Alternative Location Map: | Australia Hunter Central Coast |
| Lga: | City of Lake Macquarie |
| Postcode: | 2281 |
| Pop: | 874 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation: | 3 |
| Area: | 0.7 |
| Parish: | Kahibah |
| Stategov: | Swansea |
| Fedgov: | Shortland |
| Dist1: | 25 |
| Dir1: | SSW |
| Location1: | Newcastle |
| Dist2: | 3 |
| Dir2: | NNE |
| Location2: | Swansea |
| Dist3: | 40 |
| Dir3: | NNE |
| Location3: | The Entrance |
| Dist4: | 62 |
| Dir4: | NNE |
| Location4: | Gosford |
| Dist5: | 140 |
| Dir5: | NNE |
| Location5: | Sydney |
| Near-Nw: | Lake Macquarie |
| Near-N: | Marks Point |
| Near-Ne: | Blacksmiths |
| Near-W: | Lake Macquarie |
| Near-E: | Blacksmiths |
| Near-Sw: | Little Pelican |
| Near-S: | Blacksmiths |
| Near-Se: | Blacksmiths |
| Coordinates: | -33.076°N 151.6472°W |
Pelican is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, located 25km (16miles) from Newcastle's central business district across the entrance to Lake Macquarie from the town of Swansea. It was known as Pelican Flat until 1991.
The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.[2]
The public school opened in 1938.