Tasman Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Tasman Sea is the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand, known for its often rough conditions and significance to regional shipping and marine life.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Tasman 2
Southwestern Pacific Ocean 1
Tasman Sea basin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Ditch ⓘ
area about 2,300,000 square kilometres ⓘ
averageDepth about 2000 metres ⓘ
boundedBy Bass Strait ⓘ
Cook Strait ⓘ
Coral Sea ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
climateInfluence influences weather patterns in New Zealand ⓘ
influences weather patterns in eastern Australia ⓘ
connectedTo Bass Strait ⓘ
Cook Strait ⓘ
Coral Sea ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
contains Lord Howe Island ⓘ
Lord Howe Rise ⓘ
Norfolk Island ⓘ
Tasman Basin ⓘ
countryBorder Australia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
ecoregion Temperate Australasia marine ecoregion ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn New South Wales ⓘ
North Island ⓘ
surface form: North Island (New Zealand)

Queensland ⓘ
South Island ⓘ
surface form: South Island (New Zealand)

Tasmania ⓘ
Victoria (Australia) ⓘ
importantFor commercial fisheries ⓘ
marine biodiversity conservation ⓘ
trans-Tasman shipping ⓘ
knownFor rich marine life ⓘ
rough sea conditions ⓘ
significant regional shipping routes ⓘ
languageNameEnglish Tasman Sea self-link ⓘ
locatedIn South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
maximumDepth about 6000 metres ⓘ
namedAfter Abel Tasman ⓘ
oceanCurrent East Australian Current ⓘ
Tasman Front ⓘ
partOf Australasian Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
region Oceania ⓘ
salinity about 35 practical salinity units ⓘ
separates Australia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
typicalWaveConditions frequent large swells ⓘ
typicalWeather rapidly changing conditions ⓘ

Referenced by (105)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dusky Sound → opensInto → Tasman Sea ⓘ
Sydney Harbour → partOf → Tasman Sea ⓘ
The Ditch → refersTo → Tasman Sea ⓘ
The Entrance → waterBody → Tasman Sea ⓘ