Tarakan

E215665
island

Tarakan is an island off the northeastern coast of Borneo in Indonesia, historically significant for its oil resources and as a strategic battleground during World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tarakan canonical 6
Tarakan City 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
administrativeStatus city ⓘ
borderedBy Celebes Sea ⓘ
Tarakan Strait ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
conflictType amphibious landings site ⓘ
naval operations area ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
countrySubdivision North Kalimantan ⓘ
surface form: North Kalimantan Province
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
oil extraction ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
formerColonialPower Netherlands ⓘ
hasCity Tarakan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tarakan City
hasInfrastructure airfield (historical WWII use) ⓘ
oil refineries (historical) ⓘ
hasPort Port of Tarakan ⓘ
hasResource oil ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ
historicalPeriod Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Dutch colonial era
knownFor World War II battles ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
languageUsed Indonesian ⓘ
locatedIn Borneo ⓘ
northeastern coast of Borneo ⓘ
locatedInAdministrative Kalimantan ⓘ
North Kalimantan ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Celebes Sea ⓘ
locatedInRegion Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedOn continental shelf of Borneo ⓘ
occupiedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
partOf Indonesia ⓘ
partOfArchipelago Kalimantan islands region ⓘ
recapturedBy Allied forces ⓘ
Australian Defence Force ⓘ
surface form: Australian forces
siteOf Battle of Tarakan (1942) ⓘ
Tarakan operation ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Tarakan (1945)
strategicImportance naval operations ⓘ
oil fields ⓘ
strategicRoleIn Borneo campaign (1945) ⓘ
surface form: Allied Borneo campaign

Japanese advance in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
timeZone Central Indonesia Time ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wasPartOf Dutch East Indies ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borneo campaign (1945) → location → Tarakan ⓘ
Central Indonesia Time → usedInRegion → Tarakan ⓘ
Tarakan → hasCity → Tarakan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarakan City
North Kalimantan → largestCity → Tarakan ⓘ
North Kalimantan → containsCity → Tarakan ⓘ
North Kalimantan → containsCity → Tarakan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarakan City
Tawau → hasFerryConnectionsTo → Tarakan ⓘ
East Kalimantan → containsCity → Tarakan ⓘ