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Tasman Sea

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Tasman Sea, arm of the S Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand; named for Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. Sydney, Australia, is the largest city on the sea.

Tasman Sea

Part of the South Pacific Ocean, between southeastern Australia and western New Zealand. About 1,400 mi (2,250 km) wide, it has maximum depths exceeding 17,000 ft (5,200 m) in the Tasman Basin. Explored by Abel Janszoon Tasman in 1642 and by Capt. James Cook in the 1770s, it is notoriously stormy. Economic resources include fisheries and petroleum deposits.


Tasman Sea
the part of the Pacific between SE Australia and NW New Zealand


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I then sailed across the Tasman Sea to a city located at 43[degrees]S, 147[degrees]E.
Air New Zealand and Qantas withdrew their joint application to codeshare on routes across the Tasman Sea following the negative draft determination issued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Scientists are now investigating whether the richness of narrow-range species typical of Tasman Sea seamounts turns up elsewhere, says Koslow.
 
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