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


Animals and plants

* Tasman booby * Tasman flax-lily * Tasman parakeet (disambiguation) *
Tasman starling The Tasman starling (''Aplonis fusca'') was described in 1836 by John Gould as a species which occurred on both Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. In 1928 Australian ornithologist Gregory Macalister Mathews, Gregory Mathews recognized that the ...
* Tasman whale


People

* Tasman (name), a name of Dutch origin, including a list of people with the name


Places


New Zealand

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Mount Tasman Mount Tasman (''Horokoau'' in Māori) is New Zealand's second highest mountain, rising to a height of . It is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island, four kilometres to the north of its larger neighbour, Aoraki / Mount Cook. Unlike A ...
, in the Southern Alps of South Island *
Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere Tasman Bay (; officially Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere), originally known in English as Blind Bay, is a large V-shaped bay at the north end of New Zealand's South Island. Located in the centre of the island's northern coast, it stretches along ...
, 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 Glacie ...
, in the Southern Alps of South Island *
Tasman Lake Tasman Lake is a proglacial lake formed by the recent retreat of the Tasman Glacier in New Zealand's South Island. In the early 1970s, there were several small meltwater ponds on the Tasman Glacier. By 1990, these ponds had merged into Tasman L ...
, formed by recent melting and retreat of the Tasman Glacier *
Tasman Region Tasman District () is a local government district in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It borders the Canterbury Region, West Coast Region, Marlborough Region and Nelson City. It is administered by the Tasman District Council, a ...
, a region and a district of New Zealand in the north of South Island *
Tasman River The Tasman River is an alpine braided river flowing through Canterbury, in New Zealand's South Island. The river's headwaters are in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, where it is the outflow of the proglacial Tasman Lake. It is also fed by th ...
, flowing from Tasman Lake and contributed to by other glacial rivers


Tasmania, Australia

* Tasman Fracture, an ocean trench southwest of Tasmania * Tasman Island, 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 a ...
, at the south end of the Tasman Peninsula * Tasman Outflow, 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 Peninsula ...
, in southeast Tasmania


Other

* Tasman, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Tasman Rip, 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 Abe ...
, between Australia and New Zealand


Politics and government

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Tasman (New Zealand electorate) Tasman is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1972 to 1996. Population centres Since the , the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, with continued faster population growth in the North Island leading to an i ...
, an historic New Zealand Parliamentary electorate *
Tasman Accord The Tasman Accord was signed in 1989 by Tasman Forestry Ltd, environmental groups and the Government. The company agreed to end native forest clearance on its land, protect about 39,000 hectares, and assist with the recovery programme for kokako, ...
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Tasman Council Tasman Council is a local government body in Tasmania, situated in the south-east of the state. Tasman is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 2,404, the region covers both the Tasman and Forestier peninsulas, ...
, local government area of Tasmania


Sport

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Tasman Rugby Union The Tasman Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, a bay at the north end of the South Island in New Zealand. Headquartered in Nelson, TRU is New Zealand's newest provincial union, founded in 2006 with ...
, 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 Trans- is a Latin prefix meaning "across", "beyond", or "on the other side of". Used alone, trans may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Trans (festival), a former festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom * ''Trans'' (film ...
, an annual yacht race between clubs in Australia and New Zealand *
Trans Tasman Cup The Trans Tasman Cup was an amateur team golf event played between Australia and New Zealand. It was played annually from 2007 to 2010 and finally in 2012. It was made up of four different contests: men, women, boys and girls. Each of the four cont ...
, 2007–2012, an amateur golf tournament between Australia and New Zealand *
Tasman Cup The Tasman Cup was an amateur women's team golf tournament, played between Australia and New Zealand from 1933 to 2016. From 2007 to 2012 it was played as part of the Trans Tasman Cup. In 2016 the trophy was contested using scores from the two qual ...
, 1933–2016, an amateur women's golf tournament between Australia and New Zealand *
Trans-Tasman Cup The Trans-Tasman Cup was an association football competition played between Australia and New Zealand. Six editions were played between 1983 and 1995 after the OFC Nations Cup was discontinued. It was considered the most important Oceanian tourn ...
, 1983–1995, an association football competition between Australia and New Zealand *
Trans-Tasman Trophy The Trans-Tasman Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Australia–New Zealand Test match series in cricket. The trophy is awarded to the team that wins a Test series, or one-off Test match, between the two nations. If the series is a draw, the ...
for cricket Test match series between Australia and New Zealand


Technology and commerce

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Tasman (layout engine) Tasman is a discontinued browser engine developed by Microsoft for inclusion in the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer 5. Tasman was an attempt to improve support for web standards, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium. At the time of ...
, a discontinued layout engine developed by Microsoft for Internet Explorer *
Tasman Mill The Tasman Mill site is a pulp and paper mill located on Fletcher Avenue just outside the town of Kawerau in New Zealand. The Tasman Mill site is the largest single employer in the Eastern Bay of Plenty region. Three pulp or paper companies prev ...
, a pulp and paper mill near Kawerau, north end of North Island, New Zealand *
Tasman Software Accusoft is a privately held software company that is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. It was founded in 1991 as Pegasus Imaging, by Jack Berlin, the current CEO and President. Currently, the company provides imaging software development kits (S ...
, producers of Tasword, an early word processor for personal computers


Transport

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Tasman (VTA) Tasman station is an at-grade light rail station located in the center median of First Street at its intersection with Tasman Drive, after which the station is named, in San Jose, California. The station is owned by Santa Clara Valley Transport ...
, 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 Tasman most often refers to Abel Tasman (1603–1659), Dutch explorer. Tasman may also refer to: Animals and plants * Tasman booby * Tasman flax-lily * Tasman parakeet (disambiguation) * Tasman starling * Tasman whale People * Tasman (n ...
, based in Sydney, Australia *
Tasman Empire Airways Limited Tasman Empire Airways Limited (1940–1965), better known as TEAL, is the former name of Air New Zealand Limited (1965–). TEAL was formed by an ''Intergovernmental Agreement for Tasman Sea Air Services'' (also known as the ''Tasman Sea Ag ...
(TEAL), 1940–1965, predecessor of Air New Zealand *
Tasman Highway The Tasman Highway (or A3) is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. Like the Midland Highway, it connects the major cities of Hobart and Launceston – however it takes a different route, via the north-eastern and eastern coasts of the state. The ...
(A3), an east coast highway in Tasmania between Launceston and Hobart


Other uses

* 6594 Tasman, a main-belt asteroid


See also

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, an island and state of Australia {{disambiguation, geo