Polaris (disambiguation)

Polaris is a star, also known as the North Star.

Polaris may also refer to:

Comics and literature

• Polaris (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero
• Polaris (novel), by Jack McDevitt
• "Polaris" (short story), by H. P. Lovecraft
• Doctor Polaris, a DC Comics villain

Computing

• Polaris (poker bot)
• Polaris (processor)
• Polaris, a port of the Solaris operating system
• Polaris, the development codename for Windows Media Player 11

Games

• Polaris (arcade game)
• Polaris (role-playing game), the name of several games
• Polaris galaxy, featured in the video game Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Music

• Polaris (band)
• Polaris (Kangta album)
• Polaris (Stratovarius album)
• Polaris Music Prize

Songs

• "Rust in Peace...Polaris", from the album Rust in Peace by Megadeth
• "Polaris" (song), from the album Twilight of the Innocents by Ash
• "Polaris", from the album Nocturne by The Human Abstract
• "Polaris", from the album Futures by Jimmy Eat World
• "Polaris", from the album Simple Things by Zero 7

Places

Canada

• Polaris mine, Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut

Korea

• Polaris Tower, a giant Ferris wheel at Kumdori Land, Yuseong-gu, Daejon

United States

• Polaris, California, in Nevada County
• Polaris, Montana, in Beaverhead County
• Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, Ohio
• Polaris Fashion Place, Columbus, Ohio

Transport

• Polaris (train), manufactured in China
• Polaris Industries, American snowmobile and ATV manufacturer

Aviation

• Polaris Award, awarded to airline crews
• Airbus CC-150 Polaris, a Canadian military plane

Ships

• Polaris, previously named USS Periwinkle (1865–1871) and America (1864), a steamer sunk in 1872
• MS Polaris, a Russian-owned passenger ship built in Denmark in 1968
• USS Polaris (AF-11), a freighter built in 1938

Other uses

• Polaris (convention)
• POLARIS (seismology)
• UGM-27 Polaris, a nuclear missile

See also

• Polara (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Polaris"
• All pages with titles containing "Polaris"