Ark or ARK may refer to:

Biblical narratives and religion

Hebrew word ''teva''

* Noah's Ark, a massive vessel said to have been built to save the world's animals from a flood *

Ark of bulrushes The ark of bulrushes was a container which, according to the episode known as the finding of Moses in the biblical Book of Exodus, carried the infant Moses. The ark, containing the three-month-old baby Moses, was placed in reeds by the river ban ...

, the boat of the infant Moses

Hebrew ''aron''

Ark of the Covenant The Ark of the Covenant,; Ge'ez: also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, is an alleged artifact believed to be the most sacred relic of the Israelites, which is described as a wooden chest, covered in pure gold, with an e ...

, chest for the tablets of the Ten Commandments * Torah ark, a cabinet used to store a synagogue's Torah scrolls

Businesses and organizations

* Ark (charity), UK *

Ark (toy company) Ark was a Japanese company that produced a series of die-cast metal monster toys sold under the brand name "Arklon." It was founded as a sales and marketing subsidiary of famed Japanese toy manufacturer Bullmark. After Bullmark's bankruptcy in 1977 ...

, a former company * Ark Invest, American asset management firm * ARK Music Factory, a record label, Los Angeles, California, US * ''The Ark'', a weekly newspaper in Tiburon, California *

ARK Theatre Company The ARK Theatre Company is an actor-driven repertory theatre ensemble working in Los Angeles, California. General Ark Theatre Company is an ensemble of theatre professionals specializing in classical theatre, with an eye to contemporary plays that ...

in Los Angeles, California, US

Media, arts and entertainment

Fiction

Works of fiction

* ''Ark'' (film), a 2005 animated science fiction film directed by Subro Adonis * ''Ark'' (novel), a 2009 novel by Stephen Baxter * ''Ark'' (web series), a 2010 science fiction series by Trey Stokes * ''The Ark'' (''Doctor Who''), a 1966 ''Doctor Who'' serial * ''The Ark'' (film), a BBC TV film * "The Ark" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode of ''Stargate Atlantis'' * '' Ark II'', a children's science fiction television series * '' Ark: Survival Evolved'', a 2017 video game * ''Ark'', a 1970 apocalyptic short film directed by

Rolf Forsberg Rolf Forsberg (July 12, 1925 – February 16, 2017) was an American playwright, film and theater director. Biography Forsberg is known for directing films such as ''The Late Great Planet Earth'' and ''Parable'', a film produced for the ''1964 ...

* ''ARK'' (1996), a book of poetry by Ronald Johnson

Fictional story elements

Ark (Gravitation) This is a list of characters from the shōnen-ai manga series '' Gravitation'' written and illustrated by Maki Murakami. Main characters Shuichi Shindo Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese); Rich McNanna (English)Both English and Japanese Vo ...

, character in ''Gravitation'' *

Ark (Noon Universe) The Noon Universe ( Russian term: "Мир Полудня" or "Мир Полдня" – "World of Noon"; also known as the “Wanderers’ Universe”) is a fictional future setting for a number of hard science fiction novels written by Arkady and B ...

, a planet * ''Ark'' (Transformers), a spacecraft * The Ark (''Halo''), control station * ARK, space colony in video games '' Sonic Adventure 2'' and '' Shadow the Hedgehog'' * Ark, character in video game '' Terranigma'' * The Ark, space stations housing humanity in '' The 100 (TV series)'' * The Ark, a floating city and the main setting of the game '' Brink'' * The Ark, fictional English pop rock band from Alice Oseman's third novel ''I Was Born For This''

Music

Bands

* Ark (Bangladeshi band), a Bangladeshi rock band * Ark (British band), a melodic rock band *

Ark (Norwegian band) Ark was a progressive metal band from Norway founded by guitarist Tore Østby ( Conception, D. C. Cooper, Frankie's Playground, Redrum) and drummer John Macaluso (TNT, Riot, Spread Eagle, Alex Masi, Yngwie Malmsteen, Powermad), who later joi ...

, a progressive metal band *

The Ark (Swedish band) The Ark are a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 and remaining active until 2011. They released five studio albums and became one of the most successful bands in Scandinavia. They made their breakthrough with the song " It Takes a Fool to R ...

, a Swedish glam-rock band

Albums

* ''Ark'' (Brendan Perry album), 2010, by Brendan Perry *

Ark (In Hearts Wake album) ''Ark'' is the fourth studio album by Australian metalcore band In Hearts Wake. It was released on 26 May 2017 through UNFD and Rise Records. It was produced by Will Putney. In June 2018, a deluxe edition of ''Ark'' was released featuring reima ...

, 2017, by In Hearts Wake * ''Ark'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), 1999, by Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel * ''Ark'' (The Animals album), 1983, by The Original Animals * ''Ark'' (We Are the Ocean album), 2015, by We Are the Ocean * ''The Ark'' (album), 1991 album by Frank Zappa * ''The Ark'' (EP), 1996, by Swedish band The Ark * '' Here Comes the Indian'', 2003 album by Animal Collective, reissued in 2020 as ''Ark''

Songs

* "The Ark", 2008, by Dr. Dog from ''

Fate Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often ...

Poetry

*"Ark", 2019 poem by Simon Armitage to commemorate launch of ''RRS Sir David Attenborough''

Video games

*'' Ark: Survival Evolved'', a 2017 action adventure survival video game

Places

Buildings

The Ark (Duke University) The Ark is a building on the East Campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. It serves as an instructional and rehearsal studio for the Duke Dance Program. Built in 1898 as Angier B. Duke Gymnasium, The Ark became the first home for the ...

, a dance studio * Ark Encounter, a creationist theme park, Kentucky, US *

The Ark (folk venue) The Ark, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a nationally known acoustic and folk music venue. It has been in existence in various locations since 1965. It currently seats about 400 and features more than 300 live performances each year. Artists who hav ...

, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US * The Ark (fortress), Bukhara, Uzbekistan *

The Ark, London The Ark is an office building located in Hammersmith, London. Original building The building lies immediately south of the Hammersmith Flyover. Named in reference to its hull-like profile, the Ark was designed by architect Ralph Erskine, for ...

, an office block in Hammersmith, London, UK * The Ark (Prince Edward Island), a bioshelter in Canada

Inhabited places

* Ark., an alternative abbreviation for Arkansas, United States * Ark, Iran (disambiguation) *

Ark, Missouri Ark is a ghost town in Dent County, Missouri, Dent County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. A post office called Ark was established in 1901, and remained in operation until 1915. The community was a shipping point of lumber. References

G ...

, a ghost town in the United States *

Ark, Virginia Ark is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Ark is located on U.S. Route 17 and Virginia State Route 14 west-northwest of Gloucester Courthouse. Ark has a post office A post office is a public facil ...

, in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States *

Autonomous Region of Krajina The Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Bosanska Krajina ( sr, Српска aутономна област Босанска Крајина, Srpska autonomna oblast Bosanska Krajina) was a self-proclaimed Serbian Autonomous Oblast within today's Bosnia a ...

, in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Other places

* The Ark (Antarctica), a rock summit in Antarctica

Transportation

* Ark (river boat), a temporary boat used in river transport in eastern North America * , a prestigious ship name in the British Royal Navy, often the name of the Fleet Flagship, has been given to five ships * ''The Ark'' (ship), a ship used in founding the Province of Maryland * ''The Ark'', a ship used as a Scottish Marine Station, now the basis of the University Marine Biological Station Millport * The ''Ark'', an unfinished sculpture in the form of a functional ship created by artist Kea Tawana between 1982 and 1988 in Newark, New Jersey * Interstellar ark, a conceptual multi-lifetime space vehicle * Ararat International Airlines, by ICAO airline designator * Arusha Airport, by IATA airport code *

Arkadelphia (Amtrak station) Arkadelphia station is an Amtrak train station located at 798 South Fifth Street in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, in the restored Missouri Pacific Railroad station. Arkadelphia is a stop for the ''Texas Eagle''. The station also serves as the headquarte ...

, by Amtrak station code *

Armoured Ramp Carrier This is a list of specialist variants of the Churchill tank which were used for purposes other than frontline combat. Churchill Oke A Churchill II or III with a flamethrower. The Oke flamethrowing tank was named after its designer, Major J.M. ...

, a specialist armoured vehicle

Technology

* ARK ( Archival Resource Key), a type of URL that serves as a persistent identifier for scientific and cultural objects * , a software distribution founded by

Bernhard Rosenkränzer Bernhard Rosenkränzer (born February 18, 1977) is the founder and main developer of Ark Linux (later merged into OpenMandriva) and a contributor to various other free software projects such as KDE and OpenOffice.org. To many in the Linux commun ...

* Ark (search engine), a people search engine *

Ark (software) Ark is a file archiver and compressor developed by KDE and included in the KDE Applications software bundle. It supports various common archive and compression formats including zip, 7z, rar, lha and tar (both uncompressed and compressed wit ...

, an archiving tool *

Hongmeng OS HarmonyOS (HMOS) () is a distributed operating system developed by Huawei to collaborate and interconnect with multiple smart devices on the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. In its current multi-kernel design, the operating system selects s ...

, an Android-compatible mobile operating system by Huawei * Archaeological Recording Kit, a database and GIS web-based recording system for archaeology

Other uses

Ark Prize of the Free Word The Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord (Ark Prize of the Free Word) is a symbolic award created in 1951 by Herman Teirlinck and the editorial team of the ''Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift'' (New Flemish magazine) to counteract ideologically driven restrictions ...

, a literary prize *

ARK (Atomska Ratna Komanda) The Armijska Ratna Komanda D-0 (full civil designation in sh-Latn-Cyrl, Vojni objekat Armijska Ratna Komanda ARK D-0, Армијска Ратна Команда; en, Army War Command), also known as the Ark, ARK/D-0, Atomska Ratna Komanda, and n ...

, a nuclear command bunker near Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Netherlands Court of Audit The Court of Audits (in Dutch: ''Algemene Rekenkamer'') is an independent body that audits the spending of the national government on its efficiency and legitimacy. The Court is appointed by cabinet on the advice of the House of Representatives. ...

(''Algemene Rekenkamer'') *ARK (Access Research Knowledge), Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive