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What was a french location in WA that a french sea explorer named?
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Which sea near Australia is named after a Dutch explorer?
The Tasman Sea is named after Dutch sea captain, Abel Tasman.
What is a sea and a large ice shelf in antarctica named after an explorer?
The Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf which was named after Sir James Clark Ross.
What sea is found between New Zealand and Australia?
The Tasman Sea. It is named for Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer.
The name of the Sea between Australia and New Zealand?
The Tasman Sea named for Dutch explorer Abel Tasman.
Which 16th century dutch explorer gave his name to the Arctic Sea?
Barents Sea,named after Willem Barents
Who is the ross sea named after?
the ross sea is named after captain ross th famous explorer that was one of the first people to discover Antarctica because the ross sea is near Antarctica
A large body of salt water named after an explorer?
The Bering Sea named for Vitus Bering, or Hudson Bay Named for Henry Hudson.
Which antarctic sea is named after the explorer who made the first documented landing on Antarctica?
The Antarctic sea is not named after an explorer, but after the continent it is near to; also Antarctica was not named after anyone, but was named because of where it was. It is on the opposite side of the Arctic, so they combined anti- and Arctic( which means cold,that is how the Arctic got its name) and created Antarctic.
Bodies of water named after an explorer?
Bering straits & sea; Tasman sea; Straits of Magellan; Hudson Bay; Hudson River;
What sea separarates Australia and New Zealand?
The Tasman Sea separates New Zealand with Australia and was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman
Who was the Tasman Sea named after and why is he important?
The Tasman Sea was named after Tasmania, which was named after Abel Janszoon Tasman, a Dutch explorer. Abel Tasman was the first European to sight both New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). As the Tasman Sea lies between these two points, it was logical to name it after the first known European explorer to traverse the sea (even though Tasman initially believed that Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand were part of the same continent).
What is the sea called on the east coast of Tasmania?
The sea on the east coast of Tasmania is the Tasman Sea. Named after explorer Abel Tasman, it lies between Australia and New Zealand.
