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Atlas (disambiguation)

An atlas is a collection of maps, originally named after the Ancient Greek deity.

Atlas may also refer to:

Mythology

  • Atlas (mythology), an Ancient Greek Titanic deity who held up the celestial sphere
  • Atlas, the first legendary king of Atlantis and further variant of the mythical Titan
  • Atlas of Mauretania, a legendary king of Mauretania and variant of the mythical Titan

Places

Extraterrestrial

Geography

United States

Other

  • Atlas Cinema, a historic movie thatre in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Atlas Mountains, a set of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa
  • Atlas, Nilüfer, a village in Nilüfer district of Bursa Province, Turkey

People with the name

  • Atlas (graffiti artist), American graffiti artist
  • Atlas DaBone, American wrestler and football player
  • Charles Atlas (1892–1972), Italian-American bodybuilder
  • Charles Atlas (artist)
  • David Atlas (born 1924), American meteorologist who pioneered weather radar
  • James Atlas (1949-2019), American writer, editor and publisher
  • Meir Atlas (1848–1926), Lithuanian rabbi
  • Natacha Atlas (born 1964), Belgian singer
  • Nava Atlas, American book artist and author
  • Omar Atlas (born 1938), former Venezuelan professional wrestler
  • Scott Atlas (born 1955), American conservative health care policy advisor
  • Teddy Atlas (born 1956), American boxing trainer and commentator
  • Tony Atlas (born 1954), American wrestler and bodybuilder

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics

Fictional characters

  • Atlas (DC Comics), the name of several of DC Comics' fictional characters, comic book superheroes, and deities
  • Atlas (Teen Titans), Teen Titans character
  • Atlas, an Astro Boy character
  • Atlas, a BioShock character
  • Atlas, a BattleMech in the BattleTech universe
  • Atlas, an antagonist in Mega Man ZX Advent
  • Atlas, a Portal 2 character
  • Atlas, a PS238 character
  • Erik Josten, a.k.a. Atlas, a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • The Atlas, a strong driving force from No Man's Sky

Literature

  • Atlas, a photography book by Gerhard Richter
  • ATLAS of Finite Groups, a group theory book
  • Atlas Shrugged, a novel by Ayn Rand
  • The Atlas (novel), by William T. Vollmann

Music

Groups

  • Atlas (band), a New Zealand rock band
  • Atlas Sound, the solo musical project of Bradford Cox, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Deerhunter

Musicians

  • Black Atlass, a Canadian musician

Albums

  • Atlas (Kinky album)
  • Atlas (Parkway Drive album), Parkway Drive's fourth album
  • Atlas (Real Estate album)
  • Atlas (RÜFÜS album)

Operas

  • Atlas (opera), 1991 opera by Meredith Monk
    • Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts, 1993 recording of Monk's opera

Songs

  • "Atlas" (Battles song), 2007 song by Battles on the album Mirrored
  • "Atlas" (Coldplay song), 2013 song by Coldplay from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack
  • "Atlas", a song by Caligula's Horse from the album The Tide, the Thief & River's End
  • "Atlas", the titular song from Parkway Drive's fourth album
  • "Atlas", a song by Man Overboard from Man Overboard
  • "Atlas", a song by Jake Chudnow used as main theme in the YouTube series Mind Field

Periodicals

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • Atlas (film)
  • Atlas (statue), iconic statue by Lee Lawrie in Rockefeller Center
  • Atlas, a book about flora and/or fauna of a region, such as atlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and Ireland
  • Atlas Entertainment, a film production company
  • Atlas folio, a book size
  • Atlas Media Corp., a non-fiction entertainment company
  • Atlas Press, a UK publisher
  • RTV Atlas, a broadcaster in Montenegro
  • Atlas Sound, a solo musical project by Bradford Cox
  • The Atlas (video game), a 1991 multiplatform strategy video game
  • Atlas (video game), an upcoming massively-multiplayer online video game
  • Atlas Corporation, a fictional arms manufacturer in the video game series Borderlands (series)

Brands and enterprises

  • Atlas (appliance company), a Belarusian company
  • Atlas Consortium, a group of technology companies
  • Atlas Copco, Swedish company founded in 1873
  • Atlas Corporation, an investment company
  • Atlas Elektronik, a German naval/marine electronics and systems business
  • Atlas Group, a Pakistani business group
  • Atlas Mara Limited, formerly Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Limited, a financial holding company that owns banks in Africa
  • Atlas Model Railroad, American maker of model trains and accessories
  • Atlas Network, formerly Atlas Economic Research Foundation
  • Atlas Press (tool company)
  • Atlas Solutions, a subsidiary of Facebook for digital online advertising, formerly owned by Microsoft
  • Atlas Telecom, a worldwide communications company
  • Atlas Van Lines, a moving company
  • Atlas-Imperial, an American diesel engine manufacturer
  • Dresser Atlas, a provider of oilfield and factory automation services
  • Tele Atlas, a Dutch mapping company
  • Western Atlas, an oilfield services company

Computing and technology

Science

Mathematics

Physics

Biology and healthcare

  • Atlas (anatomy), part of the spine
  • Atlas personality, a term used in psychology to describe the personality of someone whose childhood was characterized by excessive responsibilities
  • Brain atlas, a neuroanatomical map of the brain of a human or other animal

Animals and plants

Space and astronomy

  • Atlas (comet)
  • Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST)
  • Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), a space-based lidar instrument on ICESat-2
  • Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)

Sport

  • Atlas Delmenhorst, a German association football club
  • Atlas F.C., a Mexican professional football club
  • Club Atlético Atlas, an Argentine amateur football club
  • KK Atlas, a former men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade (today's Serbia)

Transport

Aerospace

Automotive

Ships and boats

  • Atlas Werke, a former German shipbuilding company
  • HMS Atlas, the name of several Royal Navy ships
  • ST Atlas, a Swedish tugboat
  • USS Atlas, the name of several U.S. Navy ships

Trains

Other uses

  • Atlas (architecture)
  • ATLAS (simulation) (Army Tactical Level Advanced Simulation), a Thai military system
  • Atlas (storm), which hit the Midwestern United States in October 2013, named by The Weather Channel
  • Agrupación de Trabajadores Latinoamericanos Sindicalistas, or ATLAS, a former Latin American trade union confederation in the early 1950s
  • Atlas languages, Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
  • ATLAS Network, a network of European special police units
  • Atlas Uranium Mill

See also

  • All pages with titles containing atlas
  • Altas (disambiguation)
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