Atlas (disambiguation)

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An atlas is a collection of maps.

Atlas may also refer to:

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[edit] Greek mythology

  • Atlas (mythology), a Titan who bore the spheres of the heavens; inspiring the widely used image of a man carrying a celestial sphere on his back or shoulders (also known as Atlas Telamon or "enduring Atlas")
    • Farnese Atlas, a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the Titan, "Atlas"

[edit] Science

[edit] Astronomy

[edit] Biology

  • A book about flora and/or fauna of an area or region (see for example Atlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and Ireland)
  • Atlas (anatomy), the topmost cervical vertebra of the spine
  • Atlas Bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri), an extinct subspecies of the Brown Bear
  • Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma atlas), a rhinoceros beetle species
  • Atlas Cedar, a cedar tree sometimes included in Cedrus libani, sometimes treated as species C. atlantica
  • Atlas Flycatcher (Ficedula speculigera), a songbird species sometimes included in the Eurasian Pied Flycatcher
  • Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas), a large saturniid moth species
  • Atlas Turtle (Colossochelys atlas), a prehistoric giant tortoise, formerly in the genus Testudo

[edit] Physics

[edit] Mathematics

[edit] Space

[edit] Computing

[edit] Geography

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Literature and press

[edit] Comics

[edit] Companies

[edit] People

  • Meir Atlas (1848–1926), Rabbi of Shavel in Lithuania and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva
  • Charles Atlas (1892–1972), a famous bodybuilder
  • Tony Atlas (born 1954), a professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter
  • Teddy Atlas (born 1956), a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator
  • Natacha Atlas (born 1964), a Belgian singer
  • James Atlas (born 1949), is a founding editor of the Lipper/Viking Penguin Lives Series
  • Atlas DaBone, an American professional wrestler
  • Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician (born 1952)

[edit] Military

  • Atlas Aircraft Corporation, a South African military aircraft manufacturer, formerly known as Atlas Aviation
    • Atlas Oryx, a medium-sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa
    • Atlas Cheetah, a fighter aircraft of the South African Air Force
    • Atlas Carver, a South African military jet development project that was cancelled in the 1990s
    • Atlas XH-1 Alpha, a military helicopter
  • ATLAS (simulation), a system used to conduct military Command Post Exercises (CPX) within the Royal Thai Army
  • Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, a British military aeroplane manufactured (1927–1933)
  • HMLAT-303 is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Atlas
  • USS Atlas is the name of three different US warships between 1869 and 1972
  • HMS Atlas is the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
  • Atlas, Royal Air Force name for the Airbus A400M

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