Definition of Tasman Sea

1. Noun. An arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeastern Australia and New Zealand.

Group relationships: Pacific, Pacific Ocean
Generic synonyms: Sea

Definition of Tasman Sea

1. Proper noun. A marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between Australia and New Zealand. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tasman Sea

Tasbeha
Tasbehas
Taser
Tasered
Tasering
Tasers
Tash
Tasha
Tashkent
Tashmit
Tashmitum
Tashunca-Uitco
Tasikmalaya
Taskent
Tasman
Tasman Sea (current term)
Tasman dwarf pine
Tasmania
Tasmanian
Tasmanian blue gum
Tasmanian blue gums
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian devils
Tasmanian tiger
Tasmanian wolf
Tasmanian wolves
Tasmanians
Taswegian

Literary usage of Tasman Sea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Islands of the Southern Seas: Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Tasmania by Michael Myers Shoemaker (1898)
"... CHAPTER XIII "THE LONG WASH OF AUSTRALASIAN SEAS The Tempestuous " Tasman Sea"—The Home of the Albatross— Penguin, ..."

2. Australia by Jo Ellen Moore (1999)
"South Island North Cape Bay of Plenty Stewart Island Cook Strait Pacific Ocean Wellington | j Christchurch Lake Taupo Tasman Sea _ _J North Island 1 I ..."

3. Geography of New Zealand for Senior Pupils in the Public Schools by J. R. Macdonald (1903)
"Rivers Flowing to the Tasman Sea.—The chief rivers flowing into the Tasman Sea are the Waitara, Mokau, Waikato, and Wairoa. The Waitara (100 miles) flows in ..."

4. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"On 10th July the eastern part of New South Wales lay under an anticyclone, which was passing eastward on to the Tasman Sea. Westralia was under the ..."

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