Stark or Starke may refer to:

Places

Antarctica and vicinity

Stark Point Stark Point () is a rocky point on the east side of Croft Bay, northern James Ross Island. It is formed by almost vertical cliffs which rise from the sea to 285 meters. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in August 1953. The desc ...

, James Ross Island * Stark Ridge, Churchill Mountains *

Stark Rock Stark Rock () is a conspicuous rock lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Cruls Islands, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956–57. The n ...

, south of the Crulls Islands

United States

* Stark, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Stark, Illinois, an unincorporated community *

Stark, Kansas Stark is a city in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 69. History The first post office at Stark was established in January 1886. Stark was laid out and platted in 1888. It was name ...

, a city * Stark, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Stark, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

Stark, New Hampshire Stark is a town in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 478 at the 2020 census, down from 556 at the 2010 census. It has a famous covered bridge. The town includes the villages of Percy and Crystal as well as the village ...

, a town *

Stark, New York Stark is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 757 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Revolutionary War general John Stark. The town of Stark is in the eastern part of Herkimer County. History Sett ...

, a town * Stark, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Stark, Wisconsin, a town *

Stark City, Missouri Stark City is a town in Newton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 139 at the 2010 census, at which time it was a town. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is adjacent to the battlefield of the ...

Stark County, Illinois Stark County is in Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 5,994. Its county seat is Toulon. Stark County is part of the Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Stark County was formed in 1839 out of Knox an ...

Starke County, Indiana Starke County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 23,363. The county seat is Knox. History The Indiana State Legislature passed an omnibus county bill on 7 February 1835 that authori ...

Stark County, North Dakota Stark County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,646. Its county seat is Dickinson. Stark County is part of the Dickinson, ND Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The Dakota Territor ...

Stark County, Ohio Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 374,853. Its county seat is Canton. The county was created in 1808 and organized the next year. It is named for John Stark, an officer in th ...

Stark Township, Brown County, Minnesota Stark Township is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 384 as of the 2000 census. History Stark Township was organized in 1868. It was named for August Starck, an early settler and native of Germany. Geogra ...

Starke, Florida Starke is a city in and the county seat of Bradford County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,796 at the 2020 census. The origin of the city's name is disputed. Starke may have been named in honor of local landowner George W. Cole's ...

, a city

Elsewhere

Stark (crater) Stark is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the southeast of the prominent crater Tsiolkovskiy, and north of Subbotin. This is a heavily eroded crater with a jumbled outer rim and uneven interior. The pair of slightl ...

, on the Moon

People with the name

Stark (surname) Stark and Starke are German and English surnames; in the German language ''stark'' means "strong" or "powerful". Notable people with the surname include: People Stark * Andrew Stark (born 1964), Australian street photographer * Anthony Stark (1961 ...

, including Starke, and fictional characters *

Stark Young Stark Young (October 11, 1881 – January 6, 1963) was an American teacher, playwright, novelist, painter, literary critic, translator, and essayist. Early life Stark Young was born on October 11, 1881 in Como, Mississippi. His father, Alfre ...

(1881–1963), American teacher and writer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Stark (''The Longest Journey''), a world in the video game * Stark, in Michael Marshall Smith's novel ''

Only Forward ''Only Forward'' is a science fiction novel by English writer Michael Marshall Smith; his debut novel, it was first published in 1994 by HarperCollins. It was the winner of the August Derleth Award (1995) and Philip K. Dick Award (2000).

'' *

House Stark George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' saga features a large cast of characters. The series follows three interwoven plotlines: a dynastic war for control of Westeros by several families; the rising threat of the superhuman Others beyon ...

, in George R. R. Martin's works * Tony Stark or

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...

, a Marvel comic book character

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Stark'' (miniseries), based on Ben Elton's novel * ''Stark'' (novel), by Ben Elton *''Stark'', a 2005 album by

Gregory Douglass Gregory Douglass (born December 19, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter. Douglass plays lead guitar and piano. Background Douglass was born and raised in rural Vermont, performing in musical theater and winning local talent shows in his ear ...

Brands and enterprises

Štark Štark (pronounced: Shtark; full legal name: ''Soko Štark d.o.o.'' ) is a food manufacturing company based in Belgrade, Serbia. The main products of the company include candies, biscuits and chocolates. One of its hallmark products is ''Najlep ...

, a food manufacturing company in Belgrade, Serbia *

Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co. is a horticultural company based in Louisiana, Missouri, that specializes in growing and selling fruit trees to home gardeners and commercial orchardists. The company was the original marketer of the Red Deli ...

, in northeastern Missouri * Stark Candy, later acquired by Necco

Properties on the United States National Register of Historic Places

* Stark Building, Waltham, Massachusetts *

Stark Park Stark Park is a city park located on the north side of Manchester, New Hampshire. It is a parcel of land between River Road and the Merrimack River, which was once part of the larger farm property of American Revolutionary War hero John Stark. ...

, Manchester, New Hampshire * Stark Round Barn, near Unityville, South Dakota * Starke Round Barn, near Red Cloud, Nebraska

Science and technology

Stark effect The Stark effect is the shifting and splitting of spectral lines of atoms and molecules due to the presence of an external electric field. It is the electric-field analogue of the Zeeman effect, where a spectral line is split into several compon ...

, an optical phenomenon in physics *

Stark spectroscopy Stark spectroscopy (sometimes known as electroabsorption/emission spectroscopy) is a form of spectroscopy based on the Stark effect. In brief, this technique makes use of the Stark effect (or electrochromism) either to reveal information about th ...

* STARK (cryptography) (Scalable Transparent ARgument of Knowledge), a protocol in cryptography

Other uses

* Stark, a

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cultivar *

Stark Law Stark Law is a set of Law of the United States, United States federal laws that prohibit physician self-referral, specifically a referral by a physician of a Medicare (United States), Medicare or Medicaid patient to an entity for the provision of ...

, U.S., restricting physician self-referrals *

Stark Museum of Art The Stark Museum of Art in Orange, Texas, houses one of the nation's most significant collections of American Western art. The Western Art collection conveys the artistic interpretation of the western region over two centuries. It spans the explo ...

, in eastern Texas *

Stark–Heegner theorem In number theory, the Baker–Heegner–Stark theorem states precisely which quadratic imaginary number fields admit unique factorisation in their ring of integers. It solves a special case of Gauss's class number problem of determining the number ...

, in algebra * TAC Stark, a Brazilian vehicle * USS ''Stark'' (FFG-31), a former frigate