Volta

Volta may refer to:

People

• Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery

• Volta Prize, an award established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1801–1802, and awarded by the French government scientific achievement in electricity. Named after physicist Alessandro Volta.
• Volta Conference an interwar cycle of cultural meetings, named after physicist Alessandro Volta.

Rivers and lakes

• Lake Volta in Ghana
• Volta Region in Ghana, bordering Lake Volta
• Burkina Faso, the country formerly named Upper Volta
• Volta River, consisting of the:
  • Black Volta
  • Red Volta
  • White Volta

Other

• Volta (crater), a crater on the moon named after Alessandro Volta
• Volta (album), a 2007 album by Björk
• Volta (literature), a point of dramatic change in a poem
• Volta, California, a census-designated place in Merced County, California
• Volta Creations, a concept studio designing video game visual assets
• Toyota Alessandro Volta, a hybrid concept vehicle named after the physicist
• The Mars Volta, an American musical group
• Lavolta ("The Volta"), a Renaissance dance for couples
• Volta a Portugal, an annual professional road bicycle race in Portugal
• Volta a Catalunya, an annual professional road bicycle race in Catalonia, Spain
• Volta (film), a 2004 Philippine movie.
• Volta (TV series), a 2008 Philippine TV series based on its namesake 2004 movie
• Microsoft Live Labs Volta, a web development toolset by Microsoft
• Volta Laboratory and Bureau, research and philanthropic institutions created by Alexander Graham Bell in 1880 and 1887 respectively
• Volta Review, the monthly journal of the AG Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Volta, also a term used in glassblowing to describe the most efficient way to execute, and construct any given design