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	Tarakan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tarakan is an island in the Kalimantan Timur province of Indonesia.
		Tarakan was the site of battles between Allied and Japanese forces in 1942 and 1945.
		Supriatna (1980) mapped Tarakan as a basaltic volcano of Holocene age.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Tarakan.htm (205 words)

	The Battle of Tarakan
		Tarakan Island is situated off the delta of Sesa River in north-eastern Borneo.
		Japanese strength at Tarakan was estimated at between 1500 and 4000 troops including l000 naval personnel.
		Subsequent to the landing it was considered that the Japanese force on Tarakan consisted of 1750 combat troops plus 350 Japanese civilians who were impressed for military duty at the time of the landing.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww2/tarakan.htm (2759 words)

	The capture of Tarakan Island
		The main objective of the invasion of Tarakan Island was the capture of the oilfields, oil refineries and the airfield located on the island.
		Considering that west coast of Tarakan Island is more suitable for amphibious landings, the Dutch command expected the invasion will be conducted there, so when the amphibious landings were later successfully delivered on the east coast all were a little bit surprised.
		In the afternoon, Tarakan Island was visible due the smoke caused by the Dutch destruction of the oilfields and other vital installations.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/tarakan.html (1961 words)

	Tarakan
		Three years later, the recapture of Tarakan was to be the first in a series of operations in and around Borneo codenamed Oboe.
		Tarakan's significance lay in its oil infrastructure and in its airfield, which was to be used to support the other Oboe as part of a general advance towards Java.
		For sound political and military reasons of its own, however, the United States was reluctant to use Australian troops in the reconquest of the Philippines and General Douglas MacArthur, the American theatre commander, was under considerable pressure from the Australian government to employ Australian troops in visible and meaningful roles.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/place_1939.asp (304 words)

	The story of Captain G.F. Stephan, Tarakan Island Island 1941-1942
		On Tarakan, one plane crashed as a result of the bad condition of the terrain.
		In case their services were needed at Tarakan, they could be back in two hours (Tarakan - Samarinda II is 440 km).
		From Captain Stephan, a message was received on January 7 1942 from Tarakan, that he had found a terrain on Borneo, that almost without modifications could be used as a base for fighter aircraft.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/cpt_stephan.html (1145 words)

	HMAS Tarakan 1 - Royal Australian Navy History
		TARAKAN served in Australian and New Guinea waters as a general purpose vessel, but was mainly used for dumping condemned ammunition at sea.
		On 25 January 1950 she was berthed alongside Garden Island, Sydney, making good defects prior to departure for New Guinea, when an explosion occurred aft under the mess decks, resulting in the deaths of seven sailors and one dockyard tradesman.
		TARAKAN did not return to seagoing service and on 12 March 1954 she was sold on behalf of the United Kingdom Ministry of Transport to E.A. Marr and Sons Pty Ltd, of Mascot, Sydney, for breaking up.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/tarakan1.htm (210 words)

	Offices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tarakan is a city of approximately 100,000 people and offers telephone services and commercial air service via Balikpapan to Jakarta.
		Costs of the Tarakan office are paid for and allocated to GATB and Apex-Bengara on a proportion of use per month.
		All of the costs of the Tarakan office are paid for and allocated to GATB but the proximity of the facilities to the Apex-Bengara theater of operations lends significant logistical benefits from possible shared sub-contracts, drilling equipment rentals and other possible economics of scale that will benefit both companies.
	www.continentalenergy.com /offices.html (538 words)

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		The 11Mar Bn lands on Jolo, the 228 Inf Reg at Brunei, the 146Inf Reg at Tarakan.
		At Tarakan, the Marines attack and cause losses to the Dutch, but are eliminated in the attack [4A/1:2B/2, DR6, 1:1].
		Tarakan, whose port is urgently needed to prepare the next month's grab for Borneo and the Moluccas, has become a major trouble spot with the second failed attack.
	www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at /user/mst/games/sconq_0142.txt (2305 words)

	:: TARAKAN CITY ONLINE :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Agathis tree is the kind of endemics that is living in Tarakan Island has been hundreds years old.
		The kind of Agathis that is living in Tarakan Island is Agathis Bornensis special of Kalimantan.
		Kantung Semar in latin is Nephentes Spp, is the underground Plants that is living in bush vegetation type and young secondary forest.
	www.kotatarakan.go.id /english_tarakan/info_pariwisata_tarakan.htm (222 words)

	Islam - Arabia - The sparrow and the beetle ( Two Barf Bags Required (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		True, a beetle has no fangs or horns, but the menacing Tarakan would brandish his great long mustachio, and no beast would dare to challenge the little monster, until a small sparrow flew in and ate up the beetle, to common relief.
		It is right time for the fearless sparrow to come in and to deflate the overblown Tarakan, and to save the lions and the tigers, as well as the little white lamb of the Holy Land.
		Innocent of the WWII guilt, Semitic by race (if such exists) and language, free of hate or fear of Jews, certain in their religious beliefs, they are probably the only people (excluding Israeli dissidents) who are not afraid to take the Judeo-Zionist establishment on.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/717009/posts (3184 words)

	Tarakan
		Prior to the Second World War, the island of Tarakan had been an important oil producing centre in the Dutch East Indies.
		The Imperial Japanese Navy had been importing oil from Tarakan since 1915 when its fleet switched to coal.
		The island was overrun and remained occupied until the very end of the war.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/borneo_tarakan.html (413 words)

	PRESS RELEASE SyNET Brings State-of-the-Art HD Video Stream Generator, TARAKAN(TM) for Digital TV Market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tarakan HD stream generator is stand-alone system with built-in hard drive which can hold retailer's video contents that can be played using play list.
		Tarakan can be fully automated for convenience of its usage.
		SyNET's Tarakan will become revenue generator for all digital display device vendors, which is available for immediate shipment from the company, is priced $1999.99.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=96220 (505 words)

	The World at War
		The interior of this thickly timbered island off the north-east coast of Borneo was broken by numerous small ridges was impenetrable to tanks, and here as elsewhere, it was difficult to direct and receive artillery fire.
		Only one beach at Lingkas, the port for Tarakan where the main town is two miles inland, was considered viable for a large force landing named operation Oboe One.
		In another battle to clear Tarakan town Capt Gooden’s company of the 2/48Btn was to by-pass objective Evans and supported by a troop of Matildas clear the area north to objectives Otway & Sykes.
	worldatwar.net /article/australiantank/tarakan45.html (815 words)

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		Late in March 1945, planning elements of the 9th Australian Division,commanded by Major-General G F Wootten left the Atherton Tableland in advance of the rest of the division, and emplaned for Morotai.
		The citation for his award states that: Corporal Mackey was in charge of a section of the 2/3rd Australian Pioneer Battalion in the attack on the feature known as Helen, East of Tarakan town.
		The object of the operation was to capture and hold the Balikpapan-Manggar area of eastern Borneo for the establishment of air and naval facilities in the area and to conserve the petroleum producing and processing installations.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /history/campaign/borneo.html (15457 words)

	Bulungan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As time goes by Tarakan city which was known as city of oil at that time has only one subdistrict, Tarakan.
		Based on government regulation No. 47 1981, the status of Tarakan subdistrict was developed as administrative city, authenticated by the Minister of Home Affairs on March 23rd 1982, so 23rd March becomes the date of The Birthday of The Administrative City of Tarakan.
		Tarakan Island is located to north side of Samarinda, on east coastal area of Bulungan Regency, between 3° 19' - 3° 20' North Latitude and 117° 34' - 117° 38' East Longitude.
	www.petra.ac.id /eastern/east_kal/cities/bulungan.htm (567 words)

	Tarakan Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tarakan Island lies in front to Kayan River, near the boarder to Sabah on a mean position of 03N21, 117E36.
		Today the island growed up to a tourist resort, and it is connected to Kalimantan twice a week by airplane.
		The largest village on the island is Linkas, and Tarakan Settlement is the second largest village.
	www.425dxn.org /dc3mf/tarakan.html (170 words)

	PRESS RELEASE SyNET Brings State-of-the-Art HD Video Stream Generator, TARAKAN(TM) for Digital TV Market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		FCC mandated all full power broadcasting stations must convert to digital by the beginning of 2006, with an escape clause that 85% of receivers in the service area must be "capable" of receiving digital signals.
		Everyone will be able to take advantage of the DTV broadcasting but their current TV set will not support it.
		Tarakan has the capacity to generate video contents at 45Mbps which is almost three times better than standard DTV broadcast (18Mbps).
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=96220&tsource=3 (505 words)

	Tarakan: A Personal War
		Tim Blue examines the attack on Tarakan, a small island off the northeast coast of Borneo once part of the Netherlands East Indies.
		Yet one week after Australian forces landed on Tarakan, the war in Europe ended, and war in the Pacific was heading towards a Japanese defeat.
		Tarakan: A personal war, is the story of the men at war, as recorded honestly in letters home, diaries and recollections from the perspective of time.
	www.acay.com.au /~timblue (270 words)

	Indonesia Report: Tarakan
		Found here are the remains of a king called the Keraton Gunung Tambur and The Keraton Sambaliung.
		Derawan Island is ± 3 hours by a long boat from Tanjung Redep (The Capital of Berau Regency) or via Tarakan.
		There are many rare animals such as the green turtle, the scarlet turtle, star fruit turtle and sea cow.
	www.indonext.com /report/report218.html (111 words)

	Sangalaki Dive Lodge Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There is also no weight limit for baggage on the ferry, so divers carrying a lot of gear or heavy photo and video systems appreciate the spacious accommodations and lack of excess baggage charges.
		If you are flying through the direct flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau(brief stopover) to Tarakan, on the Monday or Friday(morning) MAS flight, we can generally transport you to Sangalaki, by using a connecting flight from Tarakan to Berau and coming down the river with our boat on the same day.
		When traveling through Malaysia, it is necessary to overnight in Tarakan before taking either a flight or ferry to Tawau.
	www.sangalaki.net /gettingthere.asp (1349 words)

	Flighs and boat From Tarakan \| LOWEST RATES \| Indonesia Bali Hotel Travel Indo-holidays.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Australians don't need a visa for the Philippines, but the southern Philippines is now closed to tourists so you need a military permit to go outside Zamboanga.boats from Tarakan: Take boats to Manado, Donggala, and Ujung Pandang in Celebes; Samarinda, Balikpapan, and Banjarmasin in Kalimantan; also to Surabaya, Java.
		From Tarakan, Japanese vessels sail to Japan or to the Philippines (get Philippines or Japanese visa beforehand).
		for interior Kalimantan: South of Tarakan at Tanjung Selor on the Kayan River is the last place to stock up for the long river journey into the interior.
	www.indo-holidays.com /bali45/flightsboat_from_tarakan.htm (557 words)

	Wetpixel :: Forums -> coupling sangalakki & sipadan
		Here you have a choice of fast Ferry to Tarakan or a flight maybe, but you will have to stay over as the ferry is 0700 ish.
		Personally, I would fly from Tarakan - Berau where Sangalaki staff will meet and pick you up for the 2hr boat ride to the Island.
		Tarakan - Sangalaki Ferry if there is one, or flight from Tarakan to Berau
	www.wetpixel.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=4494 (846 words)

	Indonesia East Kalimantan Sulewesi Gas Field Bontang LNG Complex Peciko Bekapai
		Oil was first discovered on Tarakan Island in 1899 and exploration has continued to the present day.
		The Muara Makapan-#1 well was drilled by former concession holder in 1988 and the well tested 19.5 MMCF per day of sweet, wet gas and 602 barrels per day of condensate from a 39’ net pay sandstone at a depth of 6,200’.
		Over 7,000 meters of highly prospective deltaic sediments are expected to exist in the eastern portion of the Block and the presence of high quality reservoir sands in close juxtaposition to organically rich and thermally mature source rocks is well documented.
	www.lngplants.com /Indonesia.html (5385 words)

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		On the Island of Tarakan off the coast of Indonesia a woman gives birth and suddenly is crippled, her hands and feet cease to function, she becomes mentally disturbed and she can no longer speak.
		I felt God was saying to me go." "Tarakan is an island in Indonesia, you can get there from Tawau in Malaysia by ferry in three hours, but it is a different world," she told VirtueOnline.
		I have gained so much experience that I would never have gained if I had not stepped out in faith." Choo is still based in Tarakan where she can only stay for 30 days and then must return to Tawau.
	virtueonline.org /portal/digest/digest_2005-21.txt (1734 words)

	Tarakan - Moss Peridot Antique 5x8 Area Rugs by Milliken Area Rugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tarakan - Moss Peridot Antique Area Rugs by Milliken Area Rugs
		Tarakan - Opal Sandstone Antique 5x8 Area Rugs by Milliken Area Rugs
		Tarakan - Opal Sandstone Antique Area Rugs by Milliken Area Rugs
	www.yourshopzone.com /219570696/index19521.html (1390 words)

	Military Page 2
		The truck in the foreground is an old solid tyred Leyland which used to carry the mail in the area.
		W18- RAAF airfield at Tarakan in Borneo during WWII from the air.
		W22- A crash-landed Beaufighter at the RAAF airfield at Tarakan in Borneo during WWII.
	www.sutcliffegallery.com.au /cat/war2.htm (442 words)

	Tarakan - Destination Guide - Hotel Near (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A 24-kilometre spread of low hills just off the coast northeast of Tanjung Selor, Pulau Tarakan floats above extensive oil reserves: offshore rigs dot the horizon, while the west-coast town of TARAKAN is surrounded by smaller-scale "nodding donkey" pumps.
		Hotel Wisata, Jl Sudirman 46 (tel 0552/21347; $25-40), is a good standby; the adjacent Orchid, Jl Sudirman 171 (tel 0551/21664; $15-20), is cheap and grotty, with Tarakan's best-value rooms a little further along at the tidy Barito Timur, Jl Sudirman 129 (tel 0551/21181; $20-25).
		Good exchange rates and ATMs can be found at the BNI bank just south of the intersection and across from the police station on Jalan Sudarso.
	www.hotelnear.com /492/601/Indonesia-Tarakan.html (273 words)

	TARAKAN \| LOWEST RATES \| Indonesia Bali Hotel Travel Indo-holidays.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From Nunukan to Tarakan the fare is Rp2000 with one good meal onboard.
		This boat leaves Nunukan about 4 pm and gets to Tarakan at dawn.
		vicinity of Tarakan: All along its coast are polluted mangrove swamps but this small island has some difficult to get to, uncontaminated white sand beaches on the ocean side.
	www.indo-holidays.com /bali45/tarakan.htm (464 words)

	tarakan - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com
		Tarakan - Pearl Salmon Antique Area Rugs by Milliken Area Rugs (In stock)
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		Tarakan - Opal Sandstone Antique Area Rugs by Milliken Area Rugs (In stock)
	www.shopping.com /xGS-tarakan (527 words)

	May
		In 1942, however, fear of such an invasion was almost universal, particularly after their early successes in the war.
		General MacArthur instructed Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morsehead to seize and hold Tarakan Island and destroy the enemy forces there.
		The Netherlands East Indies Government was to be re-established, Tarakan's oil producing capacity was to be conserved and the island's airfields put into use.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-calendar/may.htm (1464 words)

	Dutch Submarines: The submarine K XV
		18 Nov 1941 at 08:00 hrs: Submarine Division III (K XIV, K XV and K XVI) departs from Soerabaja and heads for Tarakan.
		From this position the boats could also be used for the defence of Tarakan (Borneo).
		She is also supplied with water and fuel.
	www.dutchsubmarines.com /boats/boat_kxv.htm (3621 words)

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