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 * 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 Mathews recognized that the plumage of the race from ...

* Tasman whale

People

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

Places

New Zealand

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 ...

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

, 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, 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 ...

, 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 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 wit ...

, the governing body for rugby union in the north of South Island, New Zealand * Tasman Series, 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 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 qua ...

, 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) 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 pre ...

, 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 ( ...

, producers of Tasword, an early word processor for personal computers

Transport

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 Transpor ...

, 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 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