Tarakan
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| Tarakan | |
|---|---|
| Elevation: | 318 meters (1,043 feet) |
| Coordinates: | Template:Coor dm |
| Location: | Halmahera, Indonesia |
| Type: | |
| First ascent: | ??? |
| Easiest route: | ??? |
Tarakan is an island in the Kalimantan Timur province of Indonesia. It is a marshy island situated in the eastern Celebes Sea, off the northeastern coast of Borneo. The island occupies an area of 117 square miles (303 square km).
Tarakan was the site of battles between Allied and Japanese forces in 1942 and 1945. (See Battle of Tarakan.)
'Tarakan Lamo and Tarakan Itji (large and small Tarakan) have well-formed volcanic summit craters 800 and 500 m in diameter and 160 and 125 m deep, respectively. They are located near the shore of Galela Bay NE of Dukono volcano. The cinder cones lie between Galela bay and Lake Galela, whose bottom lies below sea level. Supriatna (1980) mapped Tarakan as a basaltic volcano of Holocene age.Template:Indonesia-geo-stub
