ternate

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The party aimed for Ternate, an island in Indonesia, 800 miles from their shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Indonesian officials said two Singaporeans and one local resident from the nearby city of Ternate had died.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

What was the result of Portugal’s effort to Christianize the subjects of the Sultanate of Ternate?

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Police say a flight attendant aboard a Citilink plane traveling from Jakarta to Ternate in North Maluku province on Sunday noticed the man change the clothes in the lavatory.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2021

Wallace had no knowledge this was happening; he was too far away, in Ternate, Indonesia, for them to let him know in time.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman