Balboa may refer to:

Boats

Balboa 16 The Balboa 16 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a day sailer and first built in 1981.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 64-65. Houghton Mifflin ...

, an American sailboat design *

Balboa 20 The Balboa 20 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Lyle C. Hess as a cruiser, at the request of Richard Arthur and first built in 1967.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 84. Internatio ...

, an American sailboat design *

Balboa 21 The Aquarius 21 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Barrett (sailor), Peter Barrett as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1969.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailbo ...

, an American sailboat design *

Balboa 22 The Balboa 22 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner and William M. Downing as a cruiser and first built in 1977.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 214. International Mar ...

, an American sailboat design *

Balboa 23 The Aquarius 23 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Barrett (sailor), Peter Barrett and Stan Miller as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1969.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small ...

, an American sailboat design * Balboa 24, an American sailboat design

Places

* Balboa, Cauca, a town and municipality in Colombia *

Balboa, León Balboa () (Valboa in Galician language) is a village and municipality located in the region of El Bierzo (province of León, Castile and León, Spain). It is one of Galician speaking councils of El Bierzo Pedanías The parish A paris ...

, a Spanish village and municipality *

Balboa, Panama Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. History The town of Balboa, founded by the United States during the construction of the Panama Canal, was named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spani ...

, a port city in Panama **

Balboa District Balboa is an island district (''distrito'') of Panamá Province in Panama, covering the offshore Pearl Islands lying in the Gulf of Panama southeast of Panama City. The population according to the 2000 census was 2,336; the latest official estima ...

of Panamá Province in Panama *

Balboa, Risaralda Balboa is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia, situated 1560 metre The metre ( British spelling) or meter ( American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit , from the Greek noun , "measure") ...

, a town and municipality in Colombia *

Balboa (Los Angeles Metro station) Balboa station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. It is named after adjacent Balboa Boulevard, which travels north–south and crosses the east–west transitway route. The station is in the Lake Balboa district ...

, on the Los Angeles Metro Orange Line *

Balboa (lunar crater) Balboa is a lunar impact crater that is located near the western limb of the Moon. Due to foreshortening, the crater appears highly oval when viewed from the Earth. In actuality, however, the formation is relatively circular. It is comparable in ...

, located near the western limb of the Moon *

Balboa High School (California) Balboa High School, colloquially known as Bal, is an American public high school located near the Excelsior District in the Mission Terrace neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Balboa serves grades nine through 12 as part of the San Francisc ...

, an American public high school of San Francisco, California *

Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California Balboa Island is a harborside community in Newport Beach, California, accessible to the public via bridge, ferry and several public docks. The community is surrounded by a paved concrete boardwalk open to pedestrian traffic, designated as a pu ...

, a harborside community in Newport Beach * Balboa Park (disambiguation), any of several *

Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California The Balboa Peninsula (also referred to as "Balboa" or "the Peninsula") is a neighborhood of the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. It is named after Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the first European to sight the Pacific ...

, a neighborhood of the city of Newport Beach *

Naval Medical Center San Diego Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), also known as Bob Wilson Naval Hospital and informally referred to as "Balboa Hospital", or "The Pink Palace" (because the stucco of the first buildings that were constructed was pinkish in color), is a tech ...

, a US Navy medical treatment facility informally known as "Balboa Hospital"

People

Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa (; c. 1475around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an ...

( 1475 – 1519), a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador *

Javier Balboa Javier Ángel Balboa Osa (born 13 May 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger, most notably for Real Madrid and Benfica. After emerging at Real Madrid's youth system, he could never establish himself in its first t ...

(born 1985), football midfielder *

Marcelo Balboa Marcelo Balboa (born August 8, 1967) is an American former professional soccer who played as a defender in the 1990s for the United States national team, becoming its captain. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. After retirin ...

(born 1967), American former soccer defender *

Álex Balboa Alejandro Balboa Bandeira (born 6 March 2001), known as Álex Balboa, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Segunda División club Deportivo Alavés. Born in Spain, he represents the Equatorial Guinea national team. Early ...

(born 2001), football midfielder

Entertainment

Balboa (dance) The Balboa is a swing dance that originated in Southern California during the 1920s and enjoyed huge popularity during the 1930s and 1940s. History Balboa came from Southern California during the 1920s. ''Balboa'' is named after the Balboa Peninsul ...

, a close embrace style of swing dancing *

Balboa (band) Balboa is an American hardcore band, from Philadelphia, United States. Discography Studio releases *'' Balboa'' LP (2003, Word Salad Records) *''Balboa'' CD (2004 re-release, Forge Again Records) *'' Manifeste Canibale'' EP (2005, Forge Again ...

, a hardcore band from Philadelphia *

Balboa County ''Veronica Mars'' is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended its original run on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Ne ...

, a fictional county setting for the ''Veronica Mars'' television series *

Rocky Balboa Robert "Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name The Italian Stallion), is a fictional title character and the protagonist of the ''Rocky'' film series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in all eigh ...

, protagonist of the ''Rocky'' film series * Balboa, the merged tribe name in '' Survivor: Pearl Islands'' * Balboa, a probe featured in ''

Alien Planet ''Alien Planet'' is a 2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel. Based on the 1990 book '' Expedition'' by the artist and writer Wayne Barlowe, ''Alien Planet'' explores the imagined extraterrestrial life of the fictional pla ...

Other uses

* ''Balboa'' (bug), a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs *

Balboa Line The Balboa Line was the southernmost route of the Pacific Electric Railway. It ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the Balboa Peninsula in Orange County by way of North Long Beach, though the route was later cut back to the Newport Dock. It was ...

, a former train route in California, U.S. *

Panamanian balboa The balboa (sign: B/.; ISO 4217: PAB) is, along with the United States dollar, one of the official currencies of Panama. It is named in honor of the Spanish explorer/conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa. The balboa is subdivided into 100 ''centé ...

, the official currency of Panama

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