Tasman

Some facts about Tasman

Tasman usually refers to Abel Tasman (1603–1659), a Dutch explorer.

Tasman may also refer to:

  • Tasman Region, a region and a district of New Zealand
  • Mount Tasman, a mountain in New Zealand
  • Tasman (New Zealand electorate), a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate
  • Tasman, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Tasman (layout engine), a layout engine developed by Microsoft for Internet Explorer
  • Tasman Software, former producers of the Tasword word processor
  • Tasman (VTA), a light rail station on Tasman Drive, San Jose, California
  • 6594 Tasman, a main-belt asteroid

Or to other people named Tasman:

  • Marc Tasman (b. 1971), American multimedia artist
  • Raymond Tasman Donoghue (1920–1960), Australian tram driver
  • Lindsay Tasman Ride (1898–1977), Australian physiologist, soldier and Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong

As a given name:

  • Tasman Forth (1885–1964), an Australian Odinist
  • Tasman Higgins (1888–1953), an Australian cinematographer
  • Tasman Joseph McKee (1911–1973), a New Zealand chemist and geologist

Compound names include:

  • Tasman Accord
  • Tasman Bay, New Zealand
  • Tasman booby
  • Tasman Bridge, Hobart, Tasmania
  • Tasman Cargo Airlines
  • Tasman Council, local government area of Tasmania
  • Tasman flax-lily
  • Tasman Fracture, an ocean trench SW of Tasmania
  • Tasman Glacier, New Zealand
  • Tasman Highway, Tasmania
  • Tasman Island, Tasmania
  • Tasman Lake, New Zealand
  • Tasman Mill
  • Tasman National Park, Tasmania
  • Tasman Outflow, ocean current
  • Tasman parakeet (disambiguation)
  • Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
  • Tasman Rip, a marine channel in the South Shetland Islands
  • Tasman River, New Zealand
  • Tasman Rugby Union
  • Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand
  • Tasman Series, a motor racing series between Australia and New Zealand
  • Tasman starling
  • Tasman whale

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