The Abel Tasman Coast Track is a 60 kilometres (37 mi) long walking track within the Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand. It extends from Mārahau...
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one of the most visited, partially due to the popularity of the Abel Tasman Coast Track which spans 60 km (37 mi) along the eastern and northern coastal...
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Abel Janszoon Tasman (Dutch: [ˈaːbəl ˈjɑnsoːn ˈtɑsmɑn]; 1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642...
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Conservation. It diverts from the main Abel Tasman Coast Track between Tinline Bay and Torrent Bay. Although the coast track has the reputation of being New...
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Lighthouse walk Abel Tasman Coast Track (GW) and Abel Tasman Inland Track in Abel Tasman National Park Avalanche Peak Track Banks Track (private) Cascade...
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Tonga Island (category Abel Tasman National Park)
15 km2) island in Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, off the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It lies within the Abel Tasman National Park,...
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The designation "Tasman Highway" arises from its location facing the Tasman Sea – named, like the state itself, after Abel Tasman. The highway is one...
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from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1642 was the first known person to cross it. British explorer...
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FV Margiris (redirect from FV Abel Tasman)
factory ship. In 2012, Seafish Tasmania brought the ship (then named the Abel Tasman) to Australia. She was originally authorized to catch a quota of 18,000...
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territory covered a large area of the east coast of Tasmania. The area was named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after colonisation but was dual named as...
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Awaroa Inlet (category Abel Tasman National Park)
Region. Access is not easy. Some people arrive on foot along the Abel Tasman Track. Other people come to Awaroa Beach by boat, kayak and water taxi,...
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Simonet Creek (category Abel Tasman National Park)
Mārahau and the start of the Abel Tasman Coast Track which it flows underneath near to Apple Tree Bay. "Simonet Creek, Tasman". Www.topomap.co.nz. Retrieved...
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New Zealand Great Walks (category Hiking and tramping tracks in New Zealand)
system. South Island Abel Tasman Coast Track – the most popular track. Heaphy Track – at 82 kilometres the longest of the walking tracks, delivering the biggest...
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were members of Abel Tasman's crew, who saw a "large land uplifted high" (probably some part of the Southern Alps) while off the west coast of the South...
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2021. Godfrey, Alison (April 9, 2018). "Google goes off-road on the Gold Coast". "Places – Multimedia". Parks Canada Agency. April 17, 2018. Dudley-Nicholson...
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Golden Bay / Mohua (category Abel Tasman National Park)
are largely unpopulated. Along its southern coast are the towns of Tākaka and Collingwood, and the Abel Tasman National Park. Separation Point / Te Matau...
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Torrent River (category Abel Tasman National Park)
the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows east to reach Torrent Bay on the Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere coast of the Abel Tasman National...
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Nelson, New Zealand (category Populated places around Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere)
town, the most popular being the Abel Tasman Coast Track, Abel Tasman National Park, and Heaphy Track. These tracks are also known for recreational activities...
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Tōtaranui (category Abel Tasman National Park)
located in Abel Tasman National Park toward the northern end of the Abel Tasman Track and is often used as a starting or finishing point for the walk. Tōtaranui...
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island was previously discovered and named by the Dutch in 1642. Explorer Abel Tasman discovered the island, working under the sponsorship of Anthony van Diemen...
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Waimea. After the first sighting of New Zealand by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman on 13 December 1642, the ship Heemskerck sailed into the Wainui Inlet...
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homestead still stands and is now tourist accommodation on the Abel Tasman Coast Track. Darcy Clarence Hadfield was born at Meadowbank Homestead on 1...
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almost three-quarters of the Australian coastline, except the east coast. Abel Tasman was the first known European explorer to reach the islands of Van...
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November 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and document the Heemskirk and West Coast Ranges. Tasman sailed his ships close...
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includes the Heaphy Track. It has ancient landforms and unique flora and fauna. It is New Zealand's second-largest national park. Abel Tasman National Park...
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major and sealed rural roads, and seven of the nine Great Walks hiking tracks. Pitcairn Pitcairn Island – Most roads and some paths Henderson Island...
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Southern Alps (category Mountain ranges of the West Coast Region)
height". They had previously been noted by Abel Tasman in 1642, whose description of the South Island's west coast is often translated as "a land uplifted...
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at the University of Canterbury, with a thesis on wilding pine in the Abel Tasman National Park. For two years, he was an environmental forester in the...
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Strait and destroyed it in Tory Channel or at Pātea. When Dutch explorer Abel Tasman first saw New Zealand in 1642, he thought Cook Strait was a bight closed...
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Tākaka (category Populated places in the Tasman District)
to Motueka (57 km away) linking Golden Bay with the more populated coast of Tasman Bay to the southeast. The town is served by Tākaka Aerodrome. The area...
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