Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: North Kalimantan

Current local time in Tarakan:

07:11 AM, Saturday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Tarakan on map:^[1]

Tarakan GPS coordinates^[2]

3° 18' 47.952" North, 117° 35' 29.472" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	4.015°,	116.8884°
Center:	3.31332°,	117.59152°
Lower-right:	2.61114°,	118.29465°
Map W x H:	156.1×156.1 km	= 97×97mi

max Lat:	5.88969°   ⇑1.8% North
Tarakan:	3.31332°
min Lat:	⇓98.2% South -10.934°

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min Long	Tarakan	max Long
95.1345°	117.59152°	140.9419°
W 79.2%⇐		⇒20.8% E

Elevation

Elevation of Tarakan is 29 m = 95 ft, and this is 200.7 m = 658 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3185 m = 10449 ft	71.9%
Avg.	229.7 m = 754 ft
Tarakan	29 m = 95 ft
Min E:	-1 m = -3 ft	28.1%

See also: Tarakan elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Tarakan is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of Equator is 368.4 km =228.9 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Tarakan
North Pole	9638.7	5989.2	to North
Arctic Circle	7032.8	4370	to North
Tropic Cancer	2237.5	1390.3	to North
Equator	368.4	228.9	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Tarakan: (largest is in red/bold)

• Atap 85.5 km =53.1 mi, 314°
• Binalawan 88.9 km =55.2 mi, 13°
• Kerangagung 54.1 km =33.6 mi, 230°
• Long Bang 92.2 km =57.3 mi, 235°
• Long Beluah 83.1 km =51.6 mi, 222°
• Malinau 111.7 km =69.4 mi, 285°
• Mensalong 106.2 km =66 mi, 297°
• Salinbatu 49.8 km =30.9 mi, 213°
• Sebuku 98.4 km =61.1 mi, 321°
• Sekatak Bengara 48.9 km =30.4 mi, 239°
• Sesayap 71.5 km =44.4 mi, 295°
• Sungai Nyamuk 98.9 km =61.5 mi, 20°
• Tanjung Palas 60.4 km =37.5 mi, 207°
• Tanjung Selor 58.6 km =36.4 mi, 205°
• Tideng Pale 82.8 km =51.4 mi, 293°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Таракан
• In Chinese: 塔拉卡恩