Atlas (disambiguation)

An atlas is a collection of maps, originally named after the Ancient Greek deity.

Atlas may also refer to:

Mythology

• Atlas (mythology), an Ancient Greek Titanic deity who held up the celestial sphere
• Atlas, the first legendary king of Atlantis and further variant of the mythical Titan
• Atlas of Mauretania, a legendary king of Mauretania and variant of the mythical Titan

Places

Extraterrestrial

• Atlas (crater)
• Atlas (moon), a moon of Saturn
• Atlas (star), also designated 27 Tauri, a triple star system in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Pleiades

United States

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

Other

• Atlas Mountains, a set of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa
• Atlas, Nilüfer, Turkey

People with the name

• Atlas (graffiti artist), American 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 who pioneered weather radar
• 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 (Drawn and Quarterly), a 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), the name of several of DC Comics' fictional characters, comic book superheroes, and deities
• Atlas (Teen Titans), Teen Titans character
• Atlas, an Astro Boy character
• Atlas, a BioShock character
• 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

Groups

• Atlas (band), a New Zealand rock band
• Atlas Sound, the solo musical project of Bradford Cox, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Deerhunter

Musicians

• Black Atlass, a Canadian musician

Albums

• Atlas (Kinky album)
• Atlas (Parkway Drive album), Parkway Drive's fourth album
• Atlas (Real Estate album)
• Atlas (RÜFÜS album)

Operas

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

Songs

• "Atlas" (Battles song), 2007 song by Battles on the album Mirrored
• "Atlas" (Coldplay song), 2013 song by Coldplay from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack
• "Atlas", a song by Caligula's Horse from the album The Tide, the Thief & River's End
• "Atlas", the titular song from Parkway Drive's fourth album
• "Atlas", a song by Man Overboard from Man Overboard
• "Atlas", a song by Jake Chudnow used as main theme in the YouTube series Mind Field

Periodicals

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

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Atlas (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
• Atlas Sound, a solo musical project by Bradford Cox
• The Atlas (video game), a 1991 multiplatform strategy video game
• Atlas (video game), an upcoming massively-multiplayer online video game
• Atlas Corporation, a fictional arms manufacturer in the video game series Borderlands (series)

Brands and enterprises

• Atlas (appliance company), a Belarusian company
• Atlas Consortium, a group of technology companies
• Atlas Copco, 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, a subsidiary of Facebook for digital online advertising, formerly owned by Microsoft
• Atlas Telecom, a worldwide communications company
• 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

Computing and technology

• Atlas (computer), an early supercomputer, built in the 1960s
• Atlas (robot), a humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics and DARPA
• Atlas, a computer used at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2006
• Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems, or ATLAS, a MILSPEC language for avionics equipment testing
• Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator, or ATLAS, a hydraulic motion simulator used in theme parks
• ASP.NET AJAX (formerly "Atlas"), a set of ASP.NET extensions
• ATLAS Transformation Language, programming language
• Atlas.ti, a qualitative analysis program
• Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software, or ATLAS,
• Texture atlas, or image sprite sheet
• UNIVAC 1101, an early American computer, built in the 1950s

Science

Mathematics

• Atlas (manifolds), a set of smooth charts
• Atlas (topology), a set of charts
• Smooth atlas

Physics

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

Biology and healthcare

• Atlas (anatomy), part of the spine
• Atlas personality, a term used in psychology to describe 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

Space and astronomy

• Atlas (comet)
• Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST)
• Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), a space-based lidar instrument on ICESat-2
• Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)

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 men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade (today's Serbia)

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 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
• General Motors Atlas engine
• Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan, a Pakistani 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 former German shipbuilding company
• HMS Atlas, the name of several Royal Navy ships
• ST Atlas, a Swedish tugboat
• USS Atlas, the name 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, or ATLAS, a former Latin American trade union confederation in the early 1950s
• Atlas languages, Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
• ATLAS Network, a network of European special police units
• Atlas Uranium Mill

See also

• All pages with titles containing atlas
• Altas (disambiguation)