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	Yayasan Orphans International Indonesia - The Celebes Islands
		Its borders are the Philippines to the north, Tomini Bay on the south, the Sulawesi (Celebes) Sea on the west, and the Maluku Sea on the east.
		This is partially because Sulawesi is the furthest island from the Arab and Indian lands that influenced Indonesia so dramatically from 1500-1600, and partially because the northern end of the island was so successfully missionized by the Protestant Dutch.
		The Village of Remboken in North Sulawesi is known for its picturesque uplands, dramatic volcanic landscapes and highland lakes, all surrounded by coffee and spice tree plantations, rice fields and the traditionally impenetrable rain forest.
	www.geocities.com /orphansinternational/Indonesia/3-island.html (1953 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philippine Islands
		The islands are washed by the China Sea on the north and the west, the Pacific Ocean on the east, and the Sea of Celebes on the south.
		The inhabitants of Luzon and adjacent islands are the Tagalogs, Pampangans, Bicols, Pangasinans, Ilocanos, Ibanags or Cagayanes, and Zambales.
		Thirty-one delegates are from the Visayan Islands, and forty-four from Luzon.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12010a.htm (7278 words)

	Sulawesi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The island is surrounded in the west by Borneo, the north by the Philippines, east by Maluku, and to the south by Flores and Timor.
		The island is subdivided into six provinces: Gorontalo, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, and North Sulawesi.
		The largest cities on the island are Makassar, on the southwestern coast of the island, and Manado, on the northern tip.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Celebes (155 words)

	On the Physical Geography of the Malay Archipelago, by Alfred Russel Wallace
		Christoval, one of the Solomon Islands, on the south-east, and from Luzon on the north to Rotti, near Timor, on the south.
		In many of the islands the years of the great earthquakes form the chronological epochs of the native inhabitants, by the aid of which the ages of their children are remembered, and the dates of many important events are determined.
		At the same time we may suppose islands to be upheaved in mid-channel, and, as the subterranean forces varied in intensity and shifted their points of greatest action, these islands would sometimes become connected with the land on one side or other of the strait, and at other times again be separated from it.
	www.wku.edu /~smithch/wallace/S078.htm (5638 words)

	Banggai Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The archipelago is situated between the Sula and Celebes islands at the entrance to Tolo Gulf.
		It is bounded by the Makassar Strait on the west, the Celebes Sea on the north, the Teluk (gulf) Tomeni and Teluk Tolo on the east, and the provinces of Sulawesi Utara (North Celebes) on the northeast, Sulawesi...
		The Marshall Islands' nearest neighbors are Wake Island to the north, Kiribati and Nauru to the south, and the Federated States of Micronesia to the west.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9013159?tocId=9013159 (700 words)

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		The islands of Indonesia, of which 6,044 are inhabited, spread out over about 3,300 miles (5,300 kilometers) from east to west, and 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers) from north to south.
		In the eastern Outer Islands are a number of groups, such as the Ambonese of the Moluccas, the Minahasans of northern Celebes, and the Bugis and Makasarese of southern Celebes.
		The group of islands was often highly fragmented politically, but from the early 7th century to the 13th century, most of western Indonesia, as well as Malaya and the Strait of Malacca, came under the control of the Srivijaya Kingdom based in Palembang.
	www.iil.pwr.wroc.pl /ant/ins.htm (4408 words)

	A Truly Asian Experience : The Place is Indonesia with Thousand Islands for your Holiday
		It is an appropriate description of the archipelago as there are estimated to be a total of 17,508 islands, of which only about 6,000 are inhabited, stretching for 5,150 km between the Australian and Asian continental mainlands and dividing the Pacific and Indian Oceans at the Equator.
		Five main islands and 30 smaller archipelagoes are home to the majority of the population.
		The main islands are Sumatra / Sumatera (473,606 sq.km), Kalimantan / Borneo (539,400 sq.km), Sulawesi / Celebes (189,216 sq.
	www.indonesia-tourism.com /general/general.html (765 words)

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		He finds that voyages among these islands are commonly reckoned by weeks and months, and that their several inhabitants are often as little known to each other as are the native races of the northern to those of the southern continent of America.
		The island of Makian, one of the Moluccas, was rent open in 1646 by a violent eruption which left a huge chasm on one side, extending into the heart of the mountain.
		At the same time we may suppose islands to be upheaved in mid- channel; and, as the subterranean forces varied in intensity, and shifted their points of greatest action, these islands would sometimes become connected with the land on one side or other of the strait, and at other times again be separated from it.
	www.cumorah.com /etexts/1malay10.txt (20982 words)

	Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The hair of the celebes ape is mainly fl except for a patch from the shoulder to the ilium and the combination of white and fl hairs on the shoulders and upper arms.
		Celebes apes are also distinquished by the presence of a crest of hair on their crown.
		The habitat of the celebes ape is constantly shrinking on this island due to an increase of human activity, which includes cultivation, logging, and catching and killing celebes apes.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/primate/celebesape.html (458 words)

	On the Pigeons of the Malay Archipelago, by Alfred Russel Wallace
		It extends from the island of Celebes on the west to the Solomon Islands on the east, and includes the Moluccan and Timor groups.
		The islands west of Celebes, as far as Malacca and the Nicobar Islands and including the Philippines, are also rather rich in this family of birds.
		Of all the other islands Celebes is by far the richest in Fruit-Pigeons, containing ten species, seven of which are peculiar to it.
	www.wku.edu /~smithch/wallace/S114.htm (2541 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Sulu Sea
		Sulu Sea, arm of the Pacific Ocean, lying between the Philippine Islands on the north, east, and southeast; Borneo on the southwest; and Palawan...
		Sulu Archipelago, group of volcanic and coral islands in the southwestern Philippines, between the Sulu and Celebes seas.
		The Philippines is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea, on the south by the Sulu and Celebes seas, on the west by the South China Sea, and on...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Sulu_Sea.html (142 words)

	5th AAF, November, 1944
		During the night of 3/4 Nov harassing strikes are flown at airfields in the C Philippine Islands, on the Northeast peninsula of Celebes Island, and on Halmahera Island in the Moluccas Islands.
		In the Philippine Islands, B-24s bomb Matina and Lumbia Airfields on Mindanao Island; on Leyte Island, fighter-bombers hit troop barges and supply dumps in Ormoc Bay and numerous targets of opportunity throughout the C Philippine Islands.
		In the Philippine Islands, B-24s bomb Malogo and Bacolod Airfields on Negros Island and Daliao Airfield on Mindanao Island.
	www.kensmen.com /nov44.html (2235 words)

	NOAA Ocean Explorer
		(September - October) Follow this mission to unexplored waters south of the Philippine Islands, in search of the strange creatures that live in the dark, deep Celebes Sea.
		(May) Read the daily logs from this mission to explore the rarely visited "twilight zone" of the Cayman Islands.
		(December - January) Scientists on this expedition discovered "fl smoker" chimneys in the waters north of the Galapagos Islands.
	oceanexplorer.noaa.gov (1017 words)

	Search: Celebes - Info.co.uk
		Celebes Sea (or the Sulawesi Sea) of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on...
		Macassar is, or was, the capital of the Island of Celebes, it is on the south...
		A curiously shaped island with four distinct peninsulas that form three major gulfs—Tomini (the largest) on the northeast, Tolo on the east, and Bone on the south—Celebes has a...
	dpxml.infospace.com /infocom.uk/results?otmpl=dog/webresults.htm&qkw=Celebes&CMP=KNC-3LS480536328&infoad=1 (452 words)

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		B-25s bomb airfields on Boeroe Island in the Sunda Islands and Ambon Island in the Moluccas Islands, and fighter- bombers pound storage facilities and targets of opportunity in the C Philippine Islands.
		Units moving from Letye Island to San Jose, Mindoro Island: HQ 417th Bombardment Group (Light) and the 672d, 673d, 674th and 675th Bombardment Squadrons (Light) from Tacloban with A-20s; the 69th and 310th Fighter Squadrons, 58th Fighter Group, from San Roque with P-47s.
		Units moving from Leyte Island to San Jose, Mindoro Island: HQ 3d Bombardment Group (Light) and the 8th, 13th, 89th and 90th Bombardment Squadrons (Light) from Dulag with A-20s; HQ 49th Fighter Group and the 7th and 9th Fighter Squadrons from Tacloban with P-38s; and HQ 58th Fighter Group from San Roque.
	paul.rutgers.edu /~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/Dec.44 (13051 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		During the night of 3/4 Nov harassing strikes are flown at airfields in the C Philippine Islands, on the NE peninsula of Celebes Island, and on Halmahera Island in the Moluccas Islands.
		Mission 702: 1,272 bombers and 666 fighters in 3 forces attack marshalling yards in W Germany; H2X radar is used by all forces; 12 bombers and 6 fighters are lost.
		On Celebes Island, fighter-bombers hit targets of opportunity in the Makassar area, B-24s bomb the nickel mine and targets of opportunity in the Kendari area and hit airfields in NE Celebes.
	www.usaaf.net /chron/44/nov44.htm (11554 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Bonin Islands@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The largest and principal island is Chichi (formerly Peel Island), c.10 sq mi (30 sq km), the site of Omura, the capital of the group, and Futami-ko (Port Lloyd), the chief harbor.
		The islands were claimed by Japan from the British in 1875 and placed under the Tokyo prefecture in 1880.
		In World War II the islands formed a major Japanese military stronghold until they were occupied by the U.S. navy in 1945.
	www.highbeam.com /ref/doc0.asp?docid=1E1:BoninIsl (376 words)

	Search Results for sago - Encyclopædia Britannica
		They lie south of the island of Halmahera, north of the island of Ceram, and east of the Sula Islands.
		The archipelago is situated between the Sula and Celebes islands at the...
		island, and kabupaten (regency), Sulawesi Tenggara propinsi (Southeast Celebes province), Indonesia, one of a group of islands that includes also Muna, Wowoni, and Kabaena.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=sago&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (302 words)

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		Swordfish departed Soerabaja on 16 January for her second war patrol, conducted in the Celebes Sea and in the Philippines.
		She departed through a minefield and arrived at San Jose, Panay, Philippine Islands on the 22d, where the President and his party were transferred to a motor tender.
		Although her fifth war patrol, conducted in the Sulu Sea, and her sixth war patrol, conducted in the Solomon Islands, were unproductive, during her seventh war patrol Swordfish sank the 4,122-ton cargo ship Myoho Maru on 19 January 1943.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/submar/ss193.htm (883 words)

	Scuba Diving Board - Seychellewise
		The Island groups differ enormously in origin and topography from the mountainous granite inner islands to the lower coral atolls that are similar in structure to the
		Until recently the outer islands and atolls were little known or explored by anyone except scientists.
		for the islands ended in 1814, when they were ceded to the latter.
	www.scubaboard.com /cms/article62.html (367 words)

	Sword Forum International
		Ebony is The most precious wood in the world is from the Celebes Islands of Indonesia and prized for its lustrous marble-like figure & exceptional hardness.
		The trees are native to the Celebes Islands, which are also called the Sulawesi Islands of the East Indies.
		It is also found in Maluku and Borneo, known as the Greater Sunda Islands of Indonesia.
	swordforum.com /galleria/simbatta/aboutebony.php (408 words)

	The Realm of the Goddesses of the two Oceans.
		The bizar aspect about Her myths,legends and tellings is the fact you can link all the symbols with the very ancient Goddesses, with the difference that the symbolic aspect is still very alive among the local people.
		"Lady of Sex and Death": On the island of Bali, She is worshipped as a Goddess of Sexuality, Fertility, Lust and the Dead, as well as Magic and Charms.
		"Mother of Trees": She is worshipped by the natives of the Gilbert Islands of Micronesia.
	inanna.virtualave.net /pazific.html (1107 words)

	UNITY AND DIVERSITY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sabang is a small island just off the coast of Sumatra; Merauke is a small village near the border of Papua New Guinea.
		The islands of Indonesia, of which 6,044 are inhabited, spread out over about 3,200 miles (5,300 kilometers) from east to west, and 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers) from north to south.
		The non-volcanic areas of western Indonesia are on a southerly extension of the Eurasian landmass known as the Sunda Shelf.
	www.acu.edu:9090 /~armstrongl/geography/indon.htm (4452 words)

	USS Swordfish
		The first Swordfish (SS-193) was laid down by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Calif., on 27 October 1937; launched on 1 April 1939; sponsored by Mrs.
		Following shakedown in the Pacific and post-shakedown repairs at Mare Island, Swordfish operated out of San Diego, Calif., until early 1941, when she set sail for Pearl Harbor.
		Swordfish got underway from Fremantle on 1 April for her third war patrol, with her primary mission being to deliver 40 tons of provisions to the besieged island of Corregidor.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/Submarine/swordfish.html (872 words)

	USAAF Chronology:
		A variety of FEAF aircraft attack airfields, shipping, and targets of opportunity on Celebes Island, N Borneo, and in the Halmahera and the Ceram Islands areas.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine Islands, B-24s bomb Matina Airfield on Mindanao Island while A-20s and P-47s hit the airfield at Pangsagan; B-24s, with fighter cover, pound Puerto Princesa Airfield on Palawan Island and Kendari Airfield on Celebes Island.
		B-24s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers fly several light raids against Halmahera Island airfields and against shipping and other targets of opportunity in the Philippine Islands, the Ceram Island area, N Celebes Island, and N Borneo.
	paul.rutgers.edu /~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Nov.44.html (13841 words)

	World War II Scrapbook
		Participated in the attack and occupation of Hollandia and Northwestern New Guinea, and subsequent attacks on Truk and the bombardment of Satawan Island.
		Participated in the attacks on Guam and Rota Island (Marianas Group) on 11-13 June, and the attacks on Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima and Haha Jima (Boni Islands Group).
		Participated in the attacks on Mindanao and the Visayan Group (Philippine Islands) during the period 9-14 September 1944, subsequently participated in the attack on Celebes Islands and in the operations in support of the landing on Morotai Island.
	home.wmis.net /~kentmary/worldwar.htm (3065 words)

	USAF Museum - WWII Combat Pacific - Java (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The AAF carried out bombing attacks extending from the Malay Peninsula eastward to the Celebes Islands but with such a token force, its efforts did little to stem the tide.
		Except for the portion of New Guinea around Port Moresby, the Japanese had occupied the territory from the eastern border of India, across the islands of the Southwest Pacific, to the northern doorstep of Australia.
		The ease with which the Japanese advanced through the Southwest Pacific was humiliating for the U.S. Even though practically every American believed strongly in eventual victory, those early months of the war were very grim.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/history/wwii/cp4.htm (270 words)

	Sword fish
		The first Swordftsh (SS-193) was laid down by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Calif., on 27 October 1937; launched on 1 April 1939; sponsored by Mrs.
		However, Corregidor fell to theJapanese before the mission could be carried out; and the submarine was ordered to patrol in the vicinity of Ambon Island.
		On 9 June, the submarine found the Japanese destroyer Matsukaze clearly silhouetted against the horizon and sank the enemy ship with two torpedoes from her bow tubes.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s21/sword_fish-i.htm (903 words)

	Welcome to Caffe Rosto (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This smooth flavored, full bodied and low-acid coffee is grown in volcanic regions on the Indonesian Islands of Celebes.
		Grown exclusively on the southwest coast of the largest Hawaiian Island, this coffee is known for its sweet flavor, mild acidity, and medium body.
		This rare coffee is a fine, classically balanced coffee from the finest plantation on the mountain, with the distinction of bringing the highest prices.
	www.brightway.com /beanslist.html (485 words)

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