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2 unusual facts about Ambon Island


Ambon Island

In 1796 the British, under Admiral Rainier, captured Ambon, but restored it to the Dutch at the peace of Amiens, in 1802.

Pisang Ambon

Pisang means banana in Malay/Indonesian and Ambon is the name of an Indonesian island which was once a Dutch colony.


August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius

Platen's ornithologische Sammlungen aus Amboina, 1882 (with Adolf Nehrkorn) - Dr. Platen's ornithological collection from Amboina.

Bika Ambon

Although the name contains the word "Ambon", the name of an island and its largest city, Bika Ambon is widely known as the specialty cake of Medan in North Sumatra and often brought as a gift by those whom visited the city.

Boehlkenchelys longidentata

The Long-toothed false moray (Boehlkenchelys longidentata) is an eel of the family Chlopsidae which inhabits tropical reefs around the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, Ambon Island in Indonesia and Fiji and Palau in the Pacific Ocean.

Duttaphrynus melanostictus

They were introduced to the Indonesian islands of Bali, Sulawesi, and Ambon and to (Indonesian) New Guinea at Manokwari on the Vogelkop Peninsula.

Felix Kopstein

From 1921 onward, he was assigned as a physician in the Dutch East Indies, being based on the island of Amboina, from where he made several zoological excursions to New Guinea and throughout the Moluccas.

Gajah Mada

Gajah Mada retained his position as mahapatih (Prime Minister) under the new king and continued his military campaign by expanding eastward into Logajah, Gurun, Seram, Hutankadali, Sasak, Buton, Banggai, Kunir, Galiyan, Salayar, Sumba, Muar (Saparua), Solor, Bima, Wandan (Banda), Ambon, Timor, and Dompo.

Gynautocera papilionaria

It is found in south-east Asia, including northern India, Thailand, Laos, Assam, Burma, Vietnam, Tonkin, Hainan, Sumatra, Java, Lombok, Celebes, Amboina, Buru and Batjan.

HNLMS K XIII

She made the journey alone and took a route that led by Horta, Willemstad, Mazatlán, San Francisco, Honolulu, Guam, Yap, Manila, Ambon and Burma.

Manahati Lestusen

Manahati Lestusen (born in Liang, Ambon Island, Indonesia December 17, 1993) is an Indonesian footballer who currently plays for Persebaya Surabaya in the Indonesia Super League as a Defensive midfielder.


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