What is "tarakan"

Tarakan may refer to:

• Mount Tarakan, a volcano in the Halmahera islands
• Tarakan Island, an island to the east of Borneo
• Tarakan, North Kalimantan, a city on Tarakan Island
• Battle of Tarakan (1942), a battle in World War II
• Battle of Tarakan (1945), a battle in World War II
• HMAS Tarakan (L 129), a heavy landing craft commissioned in 1973
• HMAS Tarakan (L3017), a tank landing ship commissioned in 1946