Verdon

Verdon may refer to:

Several places in the United States

• Verdon Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota
• Verdon, Nebraska
• Verdon, South Dakota

Name or part of the name of several communes in France

• Verdon, in the Dordogne département
• Verdon, in the Marne département
• Vinon-sur-Verdon, an old French town in the département of Var and in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, on the left bank of the River Verdon near the Gorge de Verdon
• Le Verdon-sur-Mer, in the Gironde département

Other

• Verdon, the sub-atomic particle that is theorized to orbit a photon. All matter exhibits [wave like and particle like properties]. The theorized existence and action of angular motion of the Verdon in orbit around a Photon could explain the dual wave like and particle like properties of light.

The theoretical orbiting Verdon around a photon would cause the photon to oscillate manifesting a wave form pattern while the photon generally manifests particle like properties.

• Verdon college, a co-educational Roman Catholic high school in Invercargill, New Zealand
• Verdon River, an approx. 175 km long river in south-eastern France, left tributary of the Durance
  • Verdon Gorge (French: Gorges du Verdon or Grand canyon du Verdon), a river canyon in south-eastern France
• The Hispano-Suiza Verdon, a license-built version of the Rolls-Royce Tay (turbojet)

People

• Alliott Verdon Roe (1877–1958), pioneer British pilot and aircraft manufacturer, and founder in 1910 of the Avro company
• George Frederic Verdon (1834–1896), English-Australian politician and public figure
• Gwen Verdon (1925–2000), acclaimed Tony Award-winning American dancer and actress
• Jimmy Verdon (born 1981), defensive end in American Football
• Philip Verdon (1886–1960), British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics