Tasman

Tasman

Tasman may refer to:

People

* Tasman Clingan (born 1988), Australian Rules Football player
* Raymond Tasman Donoghue (1920-1960), Australian tram driver posthumously awarded the George Cross
* Lindsay Tasman Ride (1898-1977), Australian physiologist, soldier and Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
* Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer, after whom various places and entities are named, either directly or indirectly, especially in Tasmania and New Zealand, or between Australia and New Zealand:

Places

* 6594 Tasman (1987 MM1), Main-belt Asteroid
* Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand
** Abel Tasman Coast Track
** Abel Tasman Inland Track
* Mount Tasman, New Zealand
* South Tasman Rise, area of seafloor south of Tasmania in the Southern Ocean
* Tasman, New Zealand
* Tasman Bay large bay at the north end of New Zealand's South Island
* Tasman Bridge, Hobart, Tasmania
** Tasman Bridge disaster, 1975
* Tasman Council, local government area of Tasmania
* Tasman District, region of New Zealand
** Tasman District Council
* Tasman Glacier, New Zealand
* Tasman Highway, Tasmania
* Tasman Island, Tasmania
** Tasman Island Lighthouse
* Tasman Lake, New Zealand
* Tasman municipality, Tasmania
* Tasman National Park, Tasmania
* Tasman Outflow, ocean current
* Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
* Tasman River, New Zealand
* Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand
* West Coast-Tasman, New Zealand Parliamentary electorate

port

* Tasman Motorsport, V8 Supercar racing team, Australia
* Tasman Motorsports, former motor racing team
* Tasman Rugby Union, New Zealand provincial union
* Tasman Series, motor racing series held from 1964 to 1975 in Australia and New Zealand
* Trans-Tasman Cup, soccer competition played between national teams of Australia and New Zealand
* Trans Tasman Trophy, cricket trophy played for by Australia and New Zealand

Trans-Tasman

* Trans-Tasman, term used mainly in Australia and New Zealand signifying interrelationship between both
* Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement agreement between Australia and New Zealand allowing for free movement of citizens of one nation to the other

Transport

* MV Tasman Spirit, Greek registered oil tanker
* MS Abel Tasman, passenger and vehicle ferry
* Tasman (VTA), light rail station in California, USA

Other

* Able Tasmans, indie band from Auckland, New Zealand
* Tasman Booby, extinct seabird
* Tasman (layout engine), developed by Microsoft

ee also

* Tasmania


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  • Tasman — bezeichnet: Abel Tasman, voller Name Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603–1659), niederländischer Seefahrer Tasman (Neuseeland), nach Abel Tasman benannte Region (und zugleich Distrikt) in Neuseeland Abel Tasman (Segelschiff), nach Abel Tasman benannter 2… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tasman — Desarrollador Microsoft Información general Última versión estable 1.0 11 de mayo de 2004 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Tasman [2] — Tasman, 1) (Tasman s Land), so v.w. Diemensland 1); 2) südöstliche Halbinsel von Van Diemensland …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Tasman — (izg. tàsman), Abel Janszoon (1603? 1659?) DEFINICIJA najveći nizozemski moreplovac i istraživač, otkrio Tasmaniju, Novi Zeland, Bismarckov arhipelag, otočje Tonga i Fiji, istraživao Indijski ocean i J Pacifik …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Tasman [1] — Tasman, Abel Janssen, Holländer, kam mit holländischen Schiffen als Capitän nach Ostindien, kreuzte lange in den Meeren von China u. Japan u. führte, 1642 von van Diemen, dem holländischen Gouverneur von Batavia, beauftragt, mit zwei Schiffen… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Tasman — Tasman, Abel Janszoon, holländ. Seefahrer, geb. 1602 oder 1603 in Lutgegast (Groningen), gest. 1659 in Batavia, fuhr im Auftrag van Diemens, des Gouverneurs von Batavia, 1642 mit zwei Schiffen über Mauritius um Australien herum, entdeckte dabei… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tasman — Tasman, Abel Janszoon, holländ. Seefahrer, geb. 1602 oder 1603 zu Lutgegast in Groningen, entdeckte 1642 43 auf einer Fahrt von Batavia aus Tasmania, Neuseeland, die Freundschaftsinseln, die Fidschiinseln, Neu Irland und Neubritannien, gest. 1659 …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tasman — Tasman, Abel, holländ. Seefahrer, entdeckte um die Mitte des 17. Jahrh. Vandiemensland, Neuseeland und andere australische Inseln; seit 1855 heißt Vandiemensland officiell T.ia …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Tasman — Tasman, Abel Janszoon …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Tasman — (Abel Janszoon) (1603 1659) navigateur hollandais. En 1642, il découvrit la terre de Van Diemen (nommée Tasmanie en 1853), l île du sud de la Nouvelle Zélande, les Tonga et les Fidji …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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