Sebakor Bay Explained

Sebakor Bay
Location:South East Asia
Pushpin Map:Indonesia West Papua#Indonesia Western New Guinea
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Sebakor Bay
Coordinates:-3.5833°N 132.8333°W
Type:Bay
Inflow: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

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3737644&fid=2551&c=indonesia Teluk Sebakor: Indonesia
  2. 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
  3. Usmany . Desy Polla . SEJARAH RAT SRAN RAJA KOMISI KAIMANA (History of Rat Sran King of Kaimana) . Jurnal Penelitian Arkeologi Papua Dan Papua Barat . 6 . 1 . 2017-06-03 . 2580-9237 . 10.24832/papua.v6i1.45 . 85–92 . id . 2021-04-24. free .