Editing Tasman Sea (section)

===Extent===
The [[International Hydrographic Organization]] defines the limits of the Tasman Sea as:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf|title=Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition|year=1953|publisher=[[International Hydrographic Organization]]|page=36|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>

{{quote|''On the West'' A line from [[Gabo Island]] (near [[Cape Howe]], 37°30'S) to the northeast point of East Sister Island (148°E), thence along the [[148th meridian east|148th meridian]] to [[Flinders Island]]; beyond this island a line running to the eastward of the Vansittart Shoals to [Cape] [[Cape Barren Island|Barren Island]], and from Cape Barren (the easternmost point of [Cape] Barren Island) to Eddystone Point (41°S) in Tasmania, thence along the east coast to [[South East Cape]], the southern point of Tasmania.

''On the North'' The [[30th parallel south|parallel of 30°S]] from the Australian coast eastward as far as a line joining the east extremities of [[Elizabeth Reef]] and South East Rock ({{Coord|31|47|S|159|18|E}}) then to the southward along this line to the South East Rock [an outlier of [[Lord Howe Island]]].

''On the Northeast'' From the South East Rock to the north point of [[Three Kings Islands]] ({{Coord|34|10|S|172|10|E}}), thence to [[North Cape, New Zealand|North Cape]] in New Zealand.

''On the East''
*In [[Cook Strait]]. A line joining the south extreme of the foul ground off [[Cape Palliser]] ([[Ngawi, New Zealand|Ngawi]]) and the [[Cape Campbell Lighthouse|Lighthouse on Cape Campbell]] (Te Karaka).
*In [[Foveaux Strait]] (46°45'S). A line joining the light on [[Waipapa Point|Waipapapa Point]] {{sic}} (168°33'E) with East Head (47'02'S) of [[Stewart Island / Rakiura|Stewart Island (Rakiura)]].

''On the Southeast'' A line running from [[South West Cape, New Zealand|South West Cape]], Stewart Island, through the Snares (48°S, 166°30'E) to North West Cape, [[Auckland Island]] ({{Coord|50|30|S|166|10|E}}), through this island to its southern point.

''On the South'' A line joining the southern point of Auckland Island ({{Coord|50|55|S|166|0|E}}) to South East Cape, the southern point of Tasmania.}}