Altamont may refer to:
Places
Canada
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Altamont, British Columbia
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Altamont, Manitoba
India
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Altamont Road, in south Mumbai
United States
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Altamont, California
Altamont is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California. It is located northeast of Livermore, at an elevation of in the Altamont Pass. It was in 1969 the site of the Altamont Free Concert at the Altamont Speedway. Originally c ...
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Altamont Pass
Altamont Pass, formerly Livermore Pass, is a low mountain pass in the Diablo Range of Northern California between Livermore in the Livermore Valley and Tracy in the San Joaquin Valley. The name is actually applied to two distinct but nearby c ...
, in California
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Altamont, Illinois
Altamont is a city in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,216 at the 2020 census. Altamont is part of the Effingham, Illinois Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Legend says Griffin Tipsword came to live with the ...
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Altamont, Kansas
Altamont is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,061.
History
Altamont had its start in the year 1879 by the building of the railroad through that territory. The first settle ...
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Altamont, Maryland
Altamont is an unincorporated community in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. Altamont sits on the Eastern Continental Divide between the watershed of Crabtree Creek, which flows into the Savage River and eventually into the Atlantic Ocean ...
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Altamont, Missouri
Altamont is a village in southwest Daviess County, Missouri, United States. The population was 171 at the 2020 census.
History
Altamont was laid out ''circa'' 1890. The town was so named on account of its lofty elevation. A post office called A ...
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Altamont, New York
Altamont is a village located in the town of Guilderland in Albany County, New York, United States. The village is in the western part of the town. The population was 1,720 at the 2010 census. The name means "high mountain."
History
In colon ...
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Tupper Lake (town), New York
Tupper Lake is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in the southwest corner of Franklin County, New York, Franklin County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 5,971 at the 2010 census. The town contains a Adm ...
, formerly Altamont, in Franklin County
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Altamont, North Carolina
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Altamont, Ohio
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Altamont, Oregon
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Altamont, Pennsylvania
Altamont is a census-designated place (CDP) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,689 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Altamont is located at (40.783382, -76.222798).
According to the United States Census Bureau, ...
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Altamont, South Carolina Altamont was an unincorporated community in Greenville County, South Carolina
Greenville County is located in the state of South Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 525,534, making it the most populous count ...
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Altamont, South Dakota
Altamont is a town in Deuel County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 32 at the 2020 census.
History
Altamont was platted in 1880. It was named for the hills surrounding the town site. The name means "high mountain."
Geography
Alt ...
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Altamont, Tennessee
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Altamont, Utah
Altamont is a town in Duchesne County, Utah, Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 225 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, an increase over the 2000 figure of 178.
History
The town was settled in the 1930s as a cent ...
Enterprises and organizations
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Altamont Apparel
Sole Technology, Inc. is an American footwear company, specializing in skate shoe production and distribution. The company is owned and run by Pierre André Senizergues, a former professional freestyle skateboarder. The company's headquarters a ...
, a clothing brand
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The Altamont Enterprise
''The Altamont Enterprise & Albany County Post'' is a weekly newspaper in Albany County, New York, founded in 1884. It covers the towns of Guilderland, New Scotland, Berne, Knox, Westerlo, and Rensselaerville, as well as the villages of Altam ...
'', a weekly newspaper in Albany County, New York
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Altamont Raceway Park
Altamont Raceway Park was a motorsports race track in the Western United States, western United States, located Northern California, northern California, west of Tracy, California, Tracy. It opened on July 22, 1966, and operated under the names ...
, a motorsports race track located in Alameda County in Northern California and site of the Altamont Free Concert
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Altamont School, Birmingham, Alabama
Fictional entities
Characters
* Captain Altamont, the archenemy of Captain Hatteras in ''
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
''The Adventures of Captain Hatteras'' (french: Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne in two parts: ''The English at the North Pole'' (french: Les Anglais au pôle nord) and ''The Desert of Ice'' (french ...
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* Altamont, the alias used by Sherlock Holmes in the story "
His Last Bow
''His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes'' is a 1917 collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, " His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Hol ...
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* Frederick Altamont, an alias of a pirate in Walter Scott's novel ''
The Pirate''
* Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, 5th Earl of Ickenham, or
Uncle Fred, in the P. G. Wodehouse novels
* Mr. Frederic Altamont, a character in
W. M. Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray (; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist, author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel '' Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portrait of British society, and ...
's ''Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush''
Places
* Altamont, Catawba, the stand-in for Asheville, North Carolina in Thomas Wolfe's ''
Look Homeward, Angel''
Music
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Altamont (band)
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Altamont Free Concert, a 1969 rock concert held in Altamont, California
* "Altamont", a song by Aphrodite's Child on their album ''
666
666 may refer to:
* 666 (number)
* 666 BC, a year
* AD 666, a year
* The number of the beast, a reference in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament
Places
* 666 Desdemona, a minor planet in the asteroid belt
* U.S. Route 666, an America ...
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* "Altamont", a song by Echo & The Bunnymen on their album ''
Evergreen''
Transportation
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Altamont Corridor Express
See also
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* Mont Alta, a
former ski area of Quebec
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