Balikpapan is a seaport city on the east coast of the island of Borneo, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. Two harbors, Semayang and Kariangau (a ferry harbour), and Sultan Aji Muhamad Sulaiman airport are the main transportation ports to the city.
Population: 433,866
Latitude: -1° 16' 3.11" S
Longitude: 116° 49' 43.93" E
Balikpapan is a seaport city on the east coast of the island of Borneo, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. Two harbors, Semayang and Kariangau (a ferry harbour), and Sultan Aji Muhamad Sulaiman airport are the main transportation ports t…
Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport, (IATA: BPN, ICAO: WALL), formerly named Sepinggan Airport, is the principal airport serving East Kalimantan area on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia.
This article concerns the naval and land battles of Balikpapan in 1942. For information on the 1945 landings by Australian forces in the same area, see Second Battle of Balikpapan.
Parikesit Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Balikpapan, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is used as the home stadium for Persiba Balikpapan.
USS YMS-50 was a United States Navy YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper during World War II. Laid down on 16 July 1941 at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, New York, she was launched on 6 June 1942 and commissioned on 3 August.
Balikpapan Bay (Indonesian : Teluk Balikpapan), is a bay in Indonesia, near Borneo island close to the city of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.