Peary may refer to:

People

Last name

* Danny Peary (born 1949), American film critic and sports writer * Gerald Peary (born 1944), American film critic * Harold Peary (1908–1985), American actor, comedian and singer * Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863–1955), American author and arctic explorer, wife of Robert Peary *

Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for, in Apri ...

(1856–1920), American explorer

First name

* Peary Chand Mitra (1814–1883), Indian author and journalist * Peary Rader (1909–1991), American early bodybuilder, Olympic lifter, writer, and magazine publisher *

Peary Charan Sarkar Peary Charan Sircar (also spelled Pyari Churn Sircar or Pyari Charan Sircar in contemporary documents; 1823–1875), was an educationist and textbook writer in nineteenth century Bengal. His series of Reading Books introduced a whole generation o ...

(1823–1875), pioneer in women's education in Bengal

Middle name

* Benjamin Peary Pal (1906–1989), Indian plant breeder and agronomist

Locations

Canada

* Peary Bay, in Nunavut * Peary Channel, a waterway in Nunavut

Greenland

* Cape Peary, a headland in northwestern Greenland * Mary Peary Peaks, a mountain in northern Greenland * Peary Channel (Greenland), a hypothetical sound in Northern Greenland * Peary Glacier, a glacier in western Greenland * Peary Land, a peninsula in northern Greenland * Peary Nunatak, a nunatak in eastern Greenland

United States

* Admiral Peary Vocational-Technical School, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania *

Peary, Minnesota Peary is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. Geography The community is located south of the city of Eveleth, Minnesota, Eveleth at the intersection of Coun ...

, an unincorporated community in Saint Louis County *

Peary, Virginia Peary is an unincorporated community in Mathews County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. References * Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Mathews County, Virginia {{MathewsCountyVA-geo-stub ...

, an unincorporated community in Mathews County * Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum, in Brunswick, Maine

Elsewhere

* Mount Peary, a massif in Antarctic * Peary (crater), the closest large lunar impact crater to the lunar north pole

Ships

* '' Maersk Peary'', a Norway-registered tanker landed in 2004 * SS ''Robert E. Peary'', an American "Liberty ship" launched in 1942 * USS ''Robert E. Peary'', or variants thereof, several ships of the United States Navy

Other

* Peary Arctic Club, American-based club that promoted the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary * Peary caribou, a caribou subspecies in Canada * Peary Polar Expedition Medal, authorized by the United States Congress in 1944 * Camp Peary, a U.S. military reservation and Central Intelligence Agency facility in Virginia