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Bacan Islands

The Bacan Islands, formerly also known as the Bachans, Bachians, and Batchians, are a group of islands in the Moluccas in . They are mountainous and forested, lying south of and southwest of .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Group of islands in Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Bacan islands”, “Bachan Islands”, “Bachian Islands”, “Batchian Isalnds”, “Batjan Eilanden”, and “Kepulauan Bacan”

Bacan Islands

Latitude
-0.58333° or 0° 35′ south
Longitude
127.5° or 127° 30′ east
Population
60,700
Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)
Open location code
6QF9CG82+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 931540146
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1650852
Wiki­data ID
Q798019
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Satellite Map

Discover Bacan Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Bacan Islands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزر باكان”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة باكان”
  • Basque: “Bacan”
  • Catalan: “Bacan”
  • Catalan: “Batjan”
  • Cebuano: “Kepulauan Bacan”
  • Chinese: “巴占群島”
  • Dutch: “Batjan Eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Batjaneilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Bakanoj”
  • Finnish: “Bacan”
  • Finnish: “Bachan”
  • French: “Bacan”
  • Galician: “Bacan”
  • Georgian: “ბაჩანის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Bacaninseln”
  • German: “Batjan”
  • Hebrew: “באצ’אן”
  • Hebrew: “באקאן”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Bacan”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Batjan”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau-pulau Batjan”
  • Italian: “Bacan”
  • Japanese: “バカン島”
  • Japanese: “バカン諸島”
  • Japanese: “バチャン島”
  • Japanese: “バチャン諸島”
  • Korean: “바칸 제도”
  • Latvian: “Bačanu salas”
  • Macedonian: “Бачан”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Bacan”
  • Malayalam: “ബക്കാൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ”
  • Polish: “Bacan”
  • Portuguese: “Bacan”
  • Russian: “Бачан”
  • Slovenian: “Bačanski otoki”
  • Spanish: “Bacan”
  • Swedish: “Bacan”
  • Swedish: “Bacanöarna”
  • Swedish: “Kepulauan Bacan”
  • Turkish: “Bacan adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Бачан”
  • Vietnamese: “Bacan”
  • Western Mari: “Бачан”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴占群島”
  • Yue Chinese: “巴占群島”
  • “Bacan”
  • “Bachan”
  • “Bachian”
  • “Batjan”

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