Tasman most often refers to

Abel Tasman Abel Janszoon Tasman (; 160310 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the first known European explorer to reach New ...

(1603–1659), Dutch explorer. Tasman may also refer to:

Animals and plants

Tasman booby The masked booby (''Sula dactylatra''), also called the masked gannet or the blue-faced booby, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. First described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, the masked boo ...

Tasman flax-lily ''Dianella tasmanica'', commonly known as the Tasman flax-lily or Tasmanian flax-lily is a herbaceous strappy perennial herb of the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, found in southeastern Australia including Tasmania. It has lea ...

Tasman parakeet (disambiguation) Tasman parakeet may refer to: * Lord Howe red-crowned parakeet * Norfolk Island green parrot The Norfolk parakeet (''Cyanoramphus cookii''), also called Tasman parakeet, Norfolk Island green parrot or Norfolk Island red-crowned parakeet, is a sp ...

* Tasman starling *

Tasman whale Shepherd's beaked whale (''Tasmacetus shepherdi''), also commonly called Tasman's beaked whale or simply the Tasman whale, is a cetacean of the family (biology), family Ziphiidae and the monotypic taxon, only species in the genus ''Tasmacetus''. ...

People

Tasman (name) Tasman is a rare family name in the diaspora of Dutch people. The distribution of people with the surname varies from about 6000 in Indonesia to small numbers in Australia and New Zealand, while by 2007 only seven people with the name lived in the ...

, a name of Dutch origin, including a list of people with the name

Places

New Zealand

* Mount Tasman, in the Southern Alps of South Island * Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, at the northern end of South Island *

Tasman Glacier Haupapa / Tasman Glacier is the largest glacier in New Zealand, and one of several large glaciers which flow south and east towards the Mackenzie Basin from the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island. Geography At in length, Tasman Glaci ...

, in the Southern Alps of South Island * Tasman Lake, formed by recent melting and retreat of the Tasman Glacier * Tasman Region, a region and a district of New Zealand in the north of South Island * Tasman River, flowing from Tasman Lake and contributed to by other glacial rivers

Tasmania, Australia

Tasman Fracture The Tasman Fracture is a deep Oceanic trench, ocean trench off the South West Tasmania, south west coast of Tasmania. It is located within the boundaries of the Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve which lies within the Tasmania Prov ...

, an ocean trench southwest of Tasmania *

Tasman Island The Tasman Island, part of the Tasman Island Group, is an oval island with an area of , lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located in the Tasman Sea, situated off the Tasman Peninsula and is contained ...

, an island off the southeast coast of the Tasman Peninsula *

Tasman National Park The Tasman National Park is a national park in eastern Tasmania, Australia, approximately east of Hobart. The park is situated on part of both the Forestier and Tasman peninsulas and encompasses all of Tasman Island. History Whaling acti ...

, at the south end of the Tasman Peninsula *

Tasman Outflow The Tasman Outflow is a water pathway connecting water from the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The existence of the outflow was published by scientists of the Australian CSIRO's Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research team in August 2007 ...

, an ocean current south of Tasmania that encircles Antarctica *

Tasman Peninsula The Tasman Peninsula, officially Turrakana / Tasman Peninsula, is a peninsula located in south-east Tasmania, Australia, approximately by the Arthur Highway, south-east of Hobart. The Tasman Peninsula lies south and west of Forestier Penin ...

, in southeast Tasmania

Other

Tasman, Iran Tashvand ( fa, تشوند, also Romanized as Tashownd; also known as Tasmān) is a village in Miyandasht Rural District, in the Central District of Darmian County, South Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic ...

, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran *

Tasman Rip Tasman Rip () is a marine channel in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica running east–west between O'Brien Island and Eadie Island and characterized by strong tidal rips and whirlpools. The channel was crossed by a party of the U.K. Joint Serv ...

, a marine channel in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica *

Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea ( Māori: ''Te Tai-o-Rēhua'', ) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about across and about from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer ...

, between Australia and New Zealand

Politics and government

* Tasman (New Zealand electorate), an historic New Zealand Parliamentary electorate * Tasman Accord * Tasman Council, local government area of Tasmania

Sport

* Tasman Rugby Union, the governing body for rugby union in the north of South Island, New Zealand *

Tasman Series The Tasman Series (formally the Tasman Championship for Drivers)Tasman Championship for Drivers, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport with National Competition Rules 1974, pages 80 to 83 was a motor racing competition held annually from 1964 to 1975 ove ...

, 1964–1975, a motor racing series in Australia and New Zealand * Trans Tasman Challenge, an annual yacht race between clubs in Australia and New Zealand * Trans Tasman Cup, 2007–2012, an amateur golf tournament between Australia and New Zealand * Tasman Cup, 1933–2016, an amateur women's golf tournament between Australia and New Zealand * Trans-Tasman Cup, 1983–1995, an association football competition between Australia and New Zealand * Trans-Tasman Trophy for cricket Test match series between Australia and New Zealand

Technology and commerce

* Tasman (layout engine), a discontinued layout engine developed by Microsoft for Internet Explorer * Tasman Mill, a pulp and paper mill near Kawerau, north end of North Island, New Zealand * Tasman Software, producers of Tasword, an early word processor for personal computers

Transport

* Tasman (VTA), a light rail station on Tasman Drive, San Jose, California, United States *

Tasman Bridge The Tasman Bridge is a bridge that carries the Tasman Highway over the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Including approaches, the bridge has a total length of and it provides the main traffic route from the Hobart city centre ...

, Hobart, Tasmania * Tasman Cargo Airlines, based in Sydney, Australia * Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL), 1940–1965, predecessor of Air New Zealand * Tasman Highway (A3), an east coast highway in Tasmania between Launceston and Hobart

Other uses

* 6594 Tasman, a main-belt asteroid