Ambon may refer to:

Places

Ambon Island Ambon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of and is mountainous, well watered, and fertile. Ambon Island consists of two territories: the city of Ambon, Maluku, Ambon to the south and various districts ('' ...

, an island in Indonesia ** Ambon, Maluku, a city on Ambon Island, the capital of Maluku province **

Governorate of Ambon Ambon was a governorate of the Dutch East India Company, consisting of Ambon Island and ten neighbouring islands. Steven van der Hagen captured Fort Victoria on 22 February 1605 from the Portuguese in the name of the Dutch East India Company. Until ...

, a colony of the Dutch East India Company from 1605 to 1796 *

Ambon, Morbihan Ambon (; br, Ambon) is a commune in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Ambon are called ''Ambonnais''. See also *Communes of the Morbihan department The following is a list of th ...

, a commune in Morbihan, France

Other uses

Ambon (liturgy) The ambon or ambo ( gr, ἄμβων, meaning "pulpit"; Slavonic: ''amvón'') in its modern usage is a projection coming out from the soleas (the walkway in front of the iconostasis) in an Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic ...

, the place directly in front of the Holy Doors of an Eastern Orthodox Church *

Battle of Ambon The Battle of Ambon (30 January – 3 February 1942) occurred on the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), as part of the Japanese offensive on the Dutch colony during World War II. In the face of a combined defense by Dutc ...

, a World War II battle between Allied and Japanese forces which occurred on the island in 1942