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Sebakor Bay ( id, Teluk Sebakor), is a bay on the west of
Bomberai Peninsula Bomberai Peninsula ( id, Semenanjung Bomberai), otherwise known as the Bird's Beak Peninsula ( id, Semenanjung Paruh Burung), is located in the Western New Guinea region, opposite to and to the south of the Bird's Head Peninsula. To the west lies ...
in northern
Province of Papua A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outs ...
. Karas and Semai islands are in the bay.


History

First recorded sighting by Europeans of Sebakor Bay and Karas Island was by the Spanish expedition of Luís Vaz de Torres, Luís Vaez de Torres on 30 October 1606. Sebakor Bay was charted by the Spaniards as ''Bahía Bermeja'' (''Reddish Bay'' in
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
). Hilder, Brett ''The voyage of Torres: the discovery of the southern coastline of New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain Luis Baéz de Torres in 1606'', University of Queensland Press, 1980, pp.114,115


References

{{Reflist Bays of Indonesia Landforms of Western New Guinea Landforms of Papua (province)