Ternate Island (English spelling) Pulau Ternate

Japanese: テルナテ[島]（英語表記）Pulau Ternate

A small island in the northern part of the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia. It has an area of 106 km2 and a population of about 70,000. It is adjacent to the west coast of Halmahera Island and is dominated by a 1,745m-high cone-shaped volcano. It has been known since ancient times as a source of cloves, an important spice, and was a popular destination for foreign merchants. In the early modern period, an Islamic kingdom ruled by a sultan was established, but from the late 16th century it became a territory contested by Spain, Portugal, and then the Netherlands, and finally became a territory of the Dutch East India Company in 1683.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

インドネシア東部，モルッカ(マルク)諸島北部にある小島。面積106km2，人口約7万。ハルマヘラ島の西岸に隣接し，標高1745mのコニーデ型火山がそびえる。古来重要な香料であるチョウジ(丁字)の産地として知られ，外国商人の来住も多かった。近世にはスルタンの支配するイスラム王国が成立したが，16世紀後半からスペイン，ポルトガル，次いでオランダなどの争奪地となり，ついに1683年にオランダ東インド会社領とされた。

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