Tarakan is an island city in North Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Tarakan may also refer to: Mount Tarakan, a volcano in the Halmahera islands Battle of Tarakan (1942), a battle in World War II Battle of Tarakan (1945), a battle in World War II HMAS Tarakan (L 129), a heavy landing craft commissioned in 1973 HMAS Tarakan (L3017), a tank landing ship commissioned in 1946 таракан, Russian for cockroach
See also Taraqan