<P> The Tasman Sea ( Māori : Te Tai - o - Rehua ) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean , situated between Australia and New Zealand . It measures about 2,000 kilometres ( 1,200 mi ) across and about 2,800 kilometres ( 1,700 mi ) from north to south . The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman , who was the first recorded European to encounter New Zealand and Tasmania . The British explorer Captain James Cook later extensively navigated the Tasman Sea in the 1770s as part of his first voyage of exploration . </P>
<P> The Tasman Sea ( Māori : Te Tai - o - Rehua ) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean , situated between Australia and New Zealand . It measures about 2,000 kilometres ( 1,200 mi ) across and about 2,800 kilometres ( 1,700 mi ) from north to south . The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman , who was the first recorded European to encounter New Zealand and Tasmania . The British explorer Captain James Cook later extensively navigated the Tasman Sea in the 1770s as part of his first voyage of exploration . </P>
what sea is between new zealand and australia
what sea is between new zealand and australia
Tasman Sea
Tasman Sea