A point in southern Newfoundland that's most famous for being a rich fossil site for many variaties of Ediacarans, the earliest known complex life.

It is seven kilometers southwest of Cape Race. The name comes from tragic errors of navigation. Mistaking Mistaken Point for Cape Race and turning north leads a ship not into Cape Race harbour, but onto nasty sharp rocks.

Most of the fossil site is found within the Mistaken Point Provincial Ecological Reserve, which is also a bird sanctuary. It is under consideration as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.