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Tarakan is an island and co-extensively the sole city within the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. The island city is the largest urban area in North ...
The Battle of Tarakan was the first stage in the Borneo campaign of 1945. It began with an amphibious landing by Allied forces on 1 May, code-named Operation Oboe One ; the Allied ground forces were drawn mainly from the Australian 26th Brigade , but included a small element of Netherlands East Indies personnel.
The Battle of Tarakan took place on 11–12 January 1942, a day after the Empire of Japan declared war on the Kingdom of the Netherlands.Although Tarakan was only a small marshy island off northeastern Borneo in the Netherlands East Indies (today's Indonesia), its 700 oil wells, refineries, and airfield made it a crucial objective for Japan in the Pacific War.
Nunukan Regency is a regency of North Kalimantan Province in Indonesia.It was created on 4 October 1999 from the northern districts of Bulungan Regency.Nunukan Regency shares international borders with the Malaysian states of Sabah to the north and Sarawak to the west, and inter-regency borders with Tana Tidung Regency and Malinau Regency to the south, as well as the coastal city of Tarakan in ...
Tarakan airstrip in May 1945. Juwata Airport [1] (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Juwata) (IATA: TRK, ICAO: WAQQ) [2] is a domestic airport in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Tarakan off the coast of Borneo. The airport was the main Allied objective during the Battle of Tarakan (1945).
Tarakan volcano is located in Indonesia's Halmahera island, near the shore of Galela Bay north east of Dukono volcano. Tarakan consists of two large cinder cones, namely Tarakan Lamo (large Tarakan) and Tarakan Itji (small Tarakan).
Tarakan is an island city in North Kalimantan, Indonesia. Tarakan may also refer to: Mount Tarakan, a volcano in the Halmahera islands; Battle of Tarakan (1942), a battle in World War II; Battle of Tarakan (1945), a battle in World War II; HMAS Tarakan (L 129), a heavy landing craft commissioned in 1973
Construction of the airport started on November 1, 2023, which is expected to be completed by December 31, 2024. [7] The terminal area of the airport is about 7,350 square meters with an airport area covering 347 hectares of land.