The Tasman Sea flows between which two countries?
Tasman Sea Tasman Sea 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 across and about 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. The Tasman Sea is informally referred to in both Australian and New Zealand English as The Ditch; for example, "crossing
Tasman Series Tasman Series The Tasman Series (Tasman Cup) was a motor racing competition held annually from 1964 to 1975 over a series of races in New Zealand and Australia. It was named after the Tasman Sea which lies between the two countries. The Tasman Series races were held in January through to late February or early March of each year, during the Formula One off season, taking advantage of winter in the Northern Hemisphere to attract many top drivers to summer in the south. From 1964 to 1969, the Tasman Formula specified open-wheel single-seater racing cars similar to Formula One cars,