Tasman most often refers to

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

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

Animals and plants

* Tasman booby * Tasman flax-lily *

Tasman parakeet (disambiguation) Tasman parakeet may refer to: * Lord Howe red-crowned parakeet * Norfolk Island green parrot {{disambiguation Animal common name disambiguation pages ...

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 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 * Tasman Bay * Tasman District, a local government district * Tasman Glacier * Tasman Lake * Tasman (New Zealand electorate) * Tasman River * Tasman (settlement), in Tasman District

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, an island off the southeast coast of the Tasman Peninsula * Tasman National Park, 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 Tasman Rip () is a marine channel in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean ...

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

Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea 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 Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1642 wa ...

, between Australia and New Zealand

Politics and government

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 kōkako ...

* Tasman Council, local government area of Tasmania

Sport

* Tasman Rugby Union, the governing body for rugby union in the north of the 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 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 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 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 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 Bay of Plenty, Eastern Bay of Plenty region. Three pulp or pap ...

, a pulp and paper mill near Kawerau in 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

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

Tasman Bridge The Tasman Bridge is a prestressed concrete girder bridge connecting the Tasman Highway over the River Derwent (Tasmania), River Derwent in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. When it opened on 29 March 1965, the Tasman was the longest prestressed con ...

, Hobart, Tasmania *

Tasman Cargo Airlines Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty. Limited is an Australian cargo airline with the head office in Sydney, Australia. It operates scheduled international cargo services on behalf of DHL Express, DHL and ad hoc domestic and international cargo charters. ...

, 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 (Tasmania), Midland Highway, it connects the major cities of Hobart and Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston – however it takes a different route, via the no ...

(A3), an east coast highway in Tasmania between Launceston and Hobart

Other uses

* 6594 Tasman, a main-belt asteroid *

Kia Tasman The Kia Tasman () is a mid-size pickup truck to be produced by South Korean manufacturer Kia in 2025. It is built on a body-on-frame chassis, and powered by turbocharged four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. It was unveiled simultaneously ...

, a mid-size pickup truck