Ternate Island

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Ternate Island is a small volcanic island in eastern Indonesia’s Maluku Islands, historically significant as a major center of the spice trade and the former seat of the Sultanate of Ternate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf volcanic island
administrativeStatus part of North Maluku province
climate tropical rainforest climate
colonialHistory Dutch presence
Portuguese presence
Spanish presence
colonialPower Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED
Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED
Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED
Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
country Indonesia
economicActivity fishing
spice cultivation
tourism
exportProduct cloves
nutmeg and other spices
governedAs City of Ternate NERFINISHED
hasAirport Sultan Babullah Airport NERFINISHED
hasCity Ternate NERFINISHED
hasEruptionHistory frequent eruptions of Mount Gamalama
hasHighestPoint Mount Gamalama NERFINISHED
hasPort Port of Ternate NERFINISHED
hasRulingEntityInHistory Sultanate of Ternate NERFINISHED
historicalConflict Ternate–Tidore rivalry
historicalEvent Dutch–Portuguese conflicts over spice trade NERFINISHED
arrival of Portuguese in early 16th century
historicalRole major center of the spice trade
seat of the Sultanate of Ternate
islandType volcanic island arc
knownFor clove production
spice trade history
languageSpoken Indonesian language
Ternate language NERFINISHED
locatedIn Maluku Islands NERFINISHED
eastern Indonesia
locatedInSea Halmahera Sea NERFINISHED
locatedOnTectonicSetting Molucca Sea Plate region NERFINISHED
locatedWestOf Halmahera NERFINISHED
nearbyIsland Halmahera NERFINISHED
Mare NERFINISHED
Moti NERFINISHED
Tidore NERFINISHED
partOf North Maluku NERFINISHED
region Maluku NERFINISHED
religionMajority Islam
timeZone Eastern Indonesia Time NERFINISHED
UTCOffset +9
volcanoType stratovolcano

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Ternate language spokenIn Ternate Island