Balikpapan Bay
Teluk Balikpapan (Indonesian)
Balikpapan Bay ca.1910
Balikpapan Bay
Location	South Asia
Coordinates	1°15′00″S116°48′00″E / 1.25000°S 116.80000°E /-1.25000; 116.80000
Type	Bay
Basin countries	Indonesia
References	Teluk Balikpapan: Indonesia National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA

Balikpapan Bay (Indonesian:Teluk Balikpapan), is a bay inIndonesia, nearBorneo island close to the city ofBalikpapan,East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Indonesian companyPertamina has its largest oilrefinery on the eastern side of the bay.

Balikpapan Bay is located on the western side ofMakassar Strait, in the south-west of the Pacific Ocean.The bay borders several areas.

• North: Penajam Paser Utara Regency
• East: Balikpapan city
• South: Makassar Strait
• West: Penajam city and Penajam Paser Utara Regency.

Balikpapan bay is the mouth of several rivers such asWain River before merging into Makassar strait.

Several public ports were located in Balikpapan Bay, such as:

• Semayang Harbor, the largest passenger and cargo for Balikpapan city.
• Kampung Baru Harbor, a harbour servingferry boat passenger toSulawesi
• Kariangau Harbor, a ferry harbor to Balikpapan city.
• Penajam Harbor, a ferry harbor to Penajam city.

Private ports were also located in this area, such as:

• Pertamina, on the eastern part.
• Chevron, on the western part.
• Severalcoal mining company has its own private port on western and northern part.

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