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Tarakan is an Island in the East Kalimantan , Indonesia . It is a marshy island situated in the eastern Celebes Sea , off the northeastern coast of Borneo . The island occupies an area of 117 square miles (303 km²). Tarakan Lamo and '''Tarakan Itji''' (large and small Tarakan) have well-formed volcanic summit craters 800 and 500 m in diameter and 160 and 125 m deep, respectively. They are located near the shore of Galela Bay NE of Dukono volcano. The cinder cones lie between Galela Bay and Lake Galela , whose bottom lies below sea level. Supriatna (1980) mapped Tarakan as a basaltic volcano of Holocene age. Tarakan was the site of battles between Allied and Japan ese forces in 1942 and 1945 . SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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