Sebakor Bay
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| Sebakor Bay | |
|---|---|
| Teluk Sebakor (Indonesian) | |
  Sebakor Bay  Sebakor Bay | |
| Location | South East Asia |
| Coordinates | 03°35′00″S 132°50′00″E / 3.58333°S 132.83333°E |
| Type | Bay |
| Primary inflows | Ceram Sea |
| Basin countries | Indonesia |
Sebakor Bay (Indonesian: Teluk Sebakor), is a bay on the west of Bomberai Peninsula in Province of West Papua.[1]
Karas and Semai islands are in the bay.
History
[edit]First recorded sighting by Europeans of Sebakor Bay and Karas Island was by the Spanish expedition of Luís Vaez de Torres on 30 October 1606. Sebakor Bay was charted by the Spaniards as Bahía Bermeja (Reddish Bay in Spanish). [2] Sabakor is the name of the tribal troops from this region under the influence of Narawatu of the Kaimana Kingdom for fighting Hongi wars (Hongitochten).[3]
References
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- ^ Teluk Sebakor: Indonesia National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
- ^ Hilder, Brett The voyage of Torres: the discovery of the southern coastline of New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain Luis Baéz de Torres in 1606, University of Queensland Press, 1980, pp.114,115 ISBN 070221275X ISBN 978-0702212758
- ^ Usmany, Desy Polla (2017-06-03). "SEJARAH RAT SRAN RAJA KOMISI KAIMANA (History of Rat Sran King of Kaimana)". Jurnal Penelitian Arkeologi Papua Dan Papua Barat (in Indonesian). 6 (1): 85–92. doi:10.24832/papua.v6i1.45. ISSN 2580-9237. Retrieved 2021-04-24.