Tasman Sea

Marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean

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The Tasman Sea is a body of water in the Pacific Ocean that lies between Australia and New Zealand. It's an important shipping route and fishing area that connects these two countries and plays a significant role in regional trade and commerce.

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Instance of: sea
Part of: Pacific Ocean
Named after: Abel Tasman
Country: Australia
Area: 2300000
Shares border with: South Pacific Ocean
Image: Tasman sea.jpg
Width: 2200

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inflows: Shoalhaven River
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
vertical depth: 5994
basin country: New Zealand
Commons category: Tasman Sea
topic's main category: Category:Tasman Sea
category for the water basin: Q6370082
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
native label: Tasman Sea

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Satellite photo of the Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about 2,000 km (1,200 mi) across and about 2,800 km (1,700 mi) from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1642 was the first known European to cross it. British explorer Lieutenant James Cook later extensively navigated the Tasman Sea in the 1770s during his three voyages of exploration.

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