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Balikpapan

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | | Copyright

Balikpapan, Dutch oil port situated in the south-east corner of Dutch Borneo (see Netherlands East Indies) which was occupied by the Japanese in February 1942. The 7th Australian Division, supported by Australian, Dutch, and US air and naval units, launched an amphibious assault against it on 1 July 1945. By 9 July the division had captured the port and its two airfields, and by the time Japan surrendered in mid-August an area within 24–32 km. (15–20 mi.) of the port had been cleared. Balikpapan's capture, which cost the Australians 229 dead and 634 wounded, was the war's last large-scale operation and the largest amphibious one carried out by Australian troops.

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Balikpapan

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Balikpapan, Kalimantan/Indonesia The name has various possible meanings from balik ‘behind’ or ‘reverse side of’ and papan ‘shelter’ or ‘board’, ‘plank’ or ‘piece of wood’.

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Balikpapan

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Balikpapan , city (1990 pop. 344,405), E Borneo (Kalimantan), Indonesia, on an inlet of Makasar Strait. An important seaport and oil center with refineries, it is connected by pipeline with the oil fields of Samarinda. Timber is also exported.

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	Balikpapan's exports of oil and gas valued at US$547.1 million. (Business... Newspaper article from: Indonesian Investment Highlights; 3/1/2003
	Landslide kills mother and son in Balikpapan. News Wire article from: Philippines News Agency; 2/21/2010
	Indonesia - Balikpapan: Second Largest Refinery. Newspaper article from: APS Review Downstream Trends; 3/8/1999