Atlas (disambiguation)

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An atlas is a collection of maps.

Atlas may also refer to:

Mythology

• Atlas (mythology), an Ancient Greek Titanic deity
• Atlas of Atlantis, the first legendary king of Atlantis
• Atlas of Mauretania, a legendary king

Places

United States

• Atlas, Illinois
• Atlas, Texas
• Atlas, West Virginia
• Atlas, Wisconsin
• Atlas District, in Washington, D.C.
• Atlas Peak AVA, a California wine region
• Atlas Township, Michigan

Other places

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

People with the name

• Atlas (given name)
• Atlas (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
• 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

• Atlas (comic book series), by Dylan Horrocks
• Agents of Atlas, a Marvel Comics mini-series
• Atlas Comics (1950s), a publisher
• Atlas/Seaboard Comics, a 1970s line of comics

Fictional characters

• Atlas (DC Comics), any of several fictional characters
• Atlas (Teen Titans)
• Atlas, an Astro Boy (1980) character
• Atlas (BioShock)
• 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 Deerhunter lead singer and guitarist Bradford Cox

Musicians

• Black Atlass, a Canadian musician

Albums

• Atlas (Kinky album)
• Atlas (Laurel Halo album)
• Atlas (Parkway Drive album)
• Atlas (Real Estate album)
• Atlas (RÜFÜS album)
• Atlas, by The Score, 2017

Operas

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

Songs

• "Atlas" (Battles song), 2007
• "Atlas" (Bicep song), 2020
• "Atlas" (Coldplay song), 2013
• "Atlas", a song by Caligula's Horse from the album The Tide, the Thief & River's End
• "Atlas", by Parkway Drive
• "Atlas", a song by Man Overboard from Man Overboard
• "Atlas", a song by Jake Chudnow, used as the main theme in the YouTube series Mind Field
• “Atlas”, a song by Coheed and Cambria
• “Atlas”, a song by Good Kid

Periodicals

• Atlas (magazine)
• The Atlas (newspaper), published in England from 1826 to 1869

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Atlas (1961 film), an action-adventure film
• Atlas (upcoming film), an upcoming American science fiction thriller 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
• The Atlas (video game), a 1991 multiplatform strategy video game
• Atlas (video game), a massively-multiplayer online video game released for early access in 2018
• Atlas Corporation, a fictional arms manufacturer in the video game series Borderlands
• Atlas Corporation, a fictional private military company in the game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Brands and enterprises

• Atlas (appliance company), in Belarus
• Atlas (restaurant), a Michelin-starred restaurant in Atlanta
• Atlas Consortium, a group of technology companies
• Atlas Copco, a 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, an online advertising subsidiary of Meta Platforms
• 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
• Atlas Powder Company, American explosives and chemicals company

Computing and technology

• Atlas (computer), a 1960s supercomputer
  • Atlas Supervisor, its operating system
• Atlas (robot)
• ATLAS (software), a tool to scan American citizenship records for candidates for denaturalization
• Atlas, a computer used at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2006
• Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems (ATLAS), a computer language for equipment testing
• Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator (ATLAS), a hydraulic motion simulator used in theme parks
• ASP.NET AJAX (formerly "Atlas"), a set of ASP.NET extensions
• ATLAS Transformation Language, a programming language for model transformation
• Atlas.ti, a qualitative analysis program
• Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software (ATLAS)
• Texture atlas, in computer graphics, a large image containing multiple smaller images
• UNIVAC 1101, a 1950s American computer

Science

Astronomy

• Atlas (comet) (C/2019 Y4)
• Atlas (crater), on the near side of the Moon
• Atlas (moon), a satellite of Saturn
• Atlas (star), a triple star system in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Pleiades
• Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), a space-based lidar instrument on ICESat-2
• Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)

Mathematics

• Atlas (topology), a set of charts
  • A set of charts which covers a manifold
• A smooth structure, a maximal smooth atlas for a topological manifold

Physics

• Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS), at the Argonne National Laboratory
• ATLAS experiment, a particle detector for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
• Atomic-terrace low-angle shadowing (ATLAS), a nanofabrication technique

Biology and healthcare

• Atlas (anatomy), a vertebra in the cervical spine
• Atlas personality, 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

• Atlas bear
• Atlas beetle
• Atlas cedar
• Atlas moth
• Atlas pied flycatcher, a bird
• Atlas turtle

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 Serbian men's professional basketball club

Transport

Aerospace

• Atlas (rocket family)
• SM-65 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
• AeroVelo Atlas, a human-powered helicopter
• Airbus A400M Atlas, a military aircraft produced from 2007–present
• Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, a British military aeroplane produced 1927–1933
• Atlas Air, an American cargo airline
• Atlas Aircraft, a 1940s aircraft manufacturer
• Atlas Aircraft Corporation, a South African military aircraft manufacturer
• Atlas Aviation, an aircraft maintenance firm
• Atlas Blue, a Moroccan low-cost airline
• Atlasjet, a Turkish airline
• Birdman Atlas, an ultralight aircraft
• HMLAT-303, U.S. Marine Corps helicopter training squadron
• La Mouette Atlas, a French hang glider design

Automotive

• Atlas (1951 automobile), a French mini-car
• Atlas (light trucks), a Greek motor vehicle manufacturer
• Atlas (Pittsburgh automobile), produced 1906–1907
• Atlas (Springfield automobile), produced 1907–1913
• Atlas, a British van by the Standard Motor Company produced 1958–1962
• Atlas Drop Forge Company, a parts subsidiary of REO Motor Car Company
• Atlas Motor Buggy, an American highwheeler produced in 1909
• Ford Atlas, a concept pickup truck that previewed the then-new 2015 F-150
• General Motors Atlas engine
• Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan, a car manufacturer
• Nissan Atlas, a Japanese light truck
• Volkswagen Atlas, a sport utility vehicle
• Geely Atlas, a sport utility vehicle

Ships and boats

• Atlas Werke, a defunct German shipbuilding company
• Atlas (ship), any of several merchant ships
• French ship Atlas, any of several French Navy ships
• HMS Atlas, any of several Royal Navy ships
• ST Atlas, a Swedish tugboat
• USS Atlas, any of several U.S. Navy ships

Trains

• Atlas, an 1863–1885 South Devon Railway Dido class locomotive
• Atlas, a 1927–1962 LMS Royal Scot Class locomotive
• Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company, a locomotive manufacturer
• Atlas Model Railroad

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 (ATLAS), a 1950s Latin American trade union confederation
• Atlas languages, Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
• ATLAS Network, a network of European special police units
• Atlas Uranium Mill
• Atlas Corporation, a private military company by Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

See also

• Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST)
• All pages with titles containing atlas
• Altas (disambiguation)
• Atlant (disambiguation) (Russian: Атлант, romanized: Atlant, lit. 'Atlas')

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