Triton commonly refers to: *

Triton (mythology) Triton (; grc-gre, Τρίτων, Trítōn) is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively. Triton lived with his parents in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he is often depi ...

, a Greek god *

Triton (moon) Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune, and was the first Neptunian moon to be discovered, on October 10, 1846, by English astronomer William Lassell. It is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde ...

, a satellite of Neptune Triton may also refer to:

Biology

Triton cockatoo The Triton cockatoo (''Cacatua galerita triton'') is one of the four subspecies of the sulphur-crested cockatoo. The cockatoo was first described by Dutch zoologist, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, in 1849. There is no documentation as to why Temminc ...

, a parrot * Triton (gastropod), a group of sea snails * ''Triton'', a synonym of ''

Triturus ''Triturus'' is a genus of newts comprising the crested and the marbled newts, which are found from Great Britain through most of continental Europe to westernmost Siberia, Anatolia, and the Caspian Sea region. Their English names refer to thei ...

'', a genus of newts

Companies

* Triton, a

bass boat A bass boat is a small boat that is designed and equipped primarily for bass fishing, usually in freshwater bodies such as lakes, rivers and wetlands. The modern bass boats are motorboats that feature an elevated flat front deck with swive ...

manufacturer *

Triton (fashion) Colcci is a Brazilian fashion company that manufactures and sells high-end clothing and accessories for men and women. History Colcci was established in 1986 in Brusque, Santa Catarina, in Brazil. Since 1988, Adriana Zucco has been the creati ...

, a Brazilian fashion brand owned by Colcci *

Triton Airlines Triton Airlines was an airline based in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada operated by Jason and Javis Roberts from February 1993 to October 1994. Fleet * Boeing 737 See also * List of defunct airlines of Canada This is a list of defunct airl ...

, a Canadian airline operating from 1993 to 1994 *

Triton Digital Triton Digital, LLC, formerly Triton Media Group, is a digital audio technology and advertising company based in Los Angeles. The group was formally owned by E. W. Scripps Company which sold Triton to IHeartMedia in October 2020. The company wor ...

Triton Energy Limited Triton Energy Limited () (formerly known as Triton Energy Corporation prior to March 25, 1996) was one of the largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States. Triton was founded in Dallas, Texas by ...

, an American oil and natural gas exploration and production company *

Triton Media Group Triton Digital, LLC, formerly Triton Media Group, is a digital audio technology and advertising company based in Los Angeles. The group was formally owned by E. W. Scripps Company which sold Triton to IHeartMedia in October 2020. The company work ...

, owner of radio stations * Triton Showers, the UK's largest manufacturer of electric showers *

Triton Submarines Triton Submarines is a Florida-based company that designs and manufactures private submersibles for research, filming, deep-ocean exploration, and the luxury yachting and tourism sector. It was founded in 2007. History In 2017, Triton announced ...

, an American manufacturer of private submarines * Triton Systems, a manufacturer of automated teller machines

Film and television

* ''Triton'' (1961 TV series), a BBC television adventure series * ''Triton'' (1968 TV series), a BBC television adventure series, remake of the earlier show *

King Triton This article lists information of animated original characters from Disney's ''The Little Mermaid'' franchise, covering the 1989 film, its prequel , its direct-to-video sequel and prequel films, and the stage musical adaptation. ''The Little ...

, a ''The Little Mermaid'' character

Fountains

* Fontana del Tritone, Rome * Fountain of the Tritons, Rome, completed in 1715 *

Triton Fountain (Malta) The Tritons’ Fountain ( mt, Il-Funtana tat-Tritoni) is a fountain located just outside the City Gate of Valletta, Malta. It consists of three bronze Tritons holding up a large basin, balanced on a concentric base built out of concrete and cla ...

, Valletta, Malta, created in 1959

Literature

* ''Triton'' (collection), a 1949 collection of fantasy short stories by L. Ron Hubbard *

Triton (comics) Triton is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in '' Fantastic Four'' #45 (December 1965). He belongs to the subspecies of humans c ...

, a Marvel Comics character * ''Triton'' (novel), a 1976 novel by Samuel R. Delany * ''

Tritón (magazine) ''Tritón'' is a Mexican magazine dedicated to news, books and information on swimming, diving and water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game cons ...

'', a Mexican magazine dedicated to swimming, diving and water polo

Military and government

* , various Royal Navy vessels * ''Triton''-class submarine or T-class, a class of British vessels * , various US Navy vessels * , various Danish Navy vessels ** HDMS ''Triton'' (F358), a Danish Navy frigate ** HDMS ''Triton'' (1790), an earlier Danish frigate * RV ''Triton'', a trimaran vessel used by the Australian Custom Service, and formerly by the Royal Navy for research * USCGC ''Triton'', a list of US Coast Guard vessels ** USCGC ''Triton'' (WPC-116), a US Coast Guard patrol boat commissioned in 1934 *

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton is an American high-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) under development for the United States Navy as a surveillance aircraft. Together with its associated ground control station, it is an ...

, a United States Navy unmanned aerial vehicle * Triton, a World War II encryption network using the Enigma machine *''Triton,'' a

Type 209 submarine The Type 209 is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine developed exclusively for export by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany. The original variant (Type 209/1100) was designed in the late 1960s. The class is exclusively designed for ...

of the Hellenic Navy

People

Tritón (wrestler) Tritón (born March 23, 1987) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler is primarily known for his work for the professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a '' tecnico'' ("Good ...

(born 1987), Mexican ''luchador enmascarado''

Characters

* Thomas Triton, a character in ''The Deptford Mice''

Mascots

* Triton, mascot of

Eckerd College Eckerd College is a private liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida. Founded in 1958, part of the campus is waterfront and beach on Boca Ciega Bay. Because of its location, Eckerd is considered a "beach school" and has its own student ...

* Triton, mascot of

Edmonds College Edmonds College, formerly Edmonds Community College, is a public community college in Lynnwood, Washington. More than 17,000 students annually take courses for credit toward a certificate or degree at the college. The college employs more than 1 ...

* Triton, mascot of

Pacifica High School (Oxnard, California) Pacifica High School (PHS) is a public high school in Oxnard, California. The school is part of the Oxnard Union High School District and serves students in northeast and downtown Oxnard. History In 1996, Oxnard Union High School District voter ...

* Triton, mascot of

Mariner High School (Cape Coral, Florida) Mariner High School is located in Cape Coral, Florida in the Lee County School District and is home to the Fightin' Tritons. The school is located at 701 Chiquita Boulevard North and serves students from Cape Coral, the neighboring villages on P ...

* Triton, mascot of

San Clemente High School (San Clemente, California) San Clemente High School is a high school in southern Orange County, California, in the town of San Clemente. San Clemente High's attendance boundaries include the City of San Clemente and parts of Capistrano Beach and San Juan Capistrano. The s ...

* Triton, mascot of the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is t ...

* Triton, mascot of the

University of Guam University of Guam ( ch, Unibetsedåt Guåhan) (U.O.G.) is a public land-grant university in Mangilao, Guam. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and offers thirty-four degree programs at the undergraduate level a ...

* Triton, mascot of the

University of Missouri–St. Louis The University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) is a public research university in St. Louis, Missouri. Established in 1963, it is one of four universities in the University of Missouri System and its newest. Located on the former grounds of Bel ...

Places

* Triton Point, a point on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica *

Triton, Newfoundland and Labrador Triton is a town that lies on Big Triton Island just off the coast of northeastern Newfoundland, in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Triton is the economic center of Green Bay South. According to Statistics Canada, Triton's pop ...

, a village in Canada * Triton Bay, an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada * Triton River, a river flowing into

Lake Copais Lake Copais, also spelled Kopais or Kopaida ( grc, Κωπαΐς; ell, Κωπαΐδα), was a lake in the centre of Boeotia, Greece, west of Thebes. It was drained in the late 19th century. It is now flat dry land and is still known as Kopaida. ...

, Greece * Triton Bay,

Kaimana Kaimana is a small port town in West Papua, Indonesia and capital of the Kaimana Regency. It had a population of 13,613 at the 2010 Census. In March 2007, the Indonesian Navy conducted a training exercise off the coast of Kaimana in Kaimana Ba ...

, West Papua, Indonesia * Triton Island, a Paracel Island in the South China Sea

Schools

* Triton High School (disambiguation) **

Triton Regional High School (New Jersey) Triton Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Bellmawr, Gloucester Township and Runnemede, three communities in Camden County, New Jersey, United St ...

, a high school in Runnemede, New Jersey *

Triton College Triton College is a public community college in River Grove, Illinois. History Junior College District 300 was voted into existence in a referendum in March 1964. In March 1965, a second referendum was passed approving the purchase of an campus ...

, Illinois, United States * Triton Regional School District, a school district in Massachusetts, United States

Sport

UC San Diego Tritons The UC San Diego Tritons are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, San Diego. UC San Diego has 23 varsity sports teams and offers student participation in a wide range of sports. As of July 1, 2020, all UC San Diego team ...

, an athletic sports team for the University of California, San Diego * Tampa Bay Tritons, a defunct professional roller hockey team *

Triton Financial Classic The Triton Financial Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 2003 to 2009. It was played annually in Austin, Texas at The Hills Country Club. The purse for the 2009 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner. T ...

, a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 2003 to 2009 *

UMSL Tritons The University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) Tritons are the athletic programs represent the University of Missouri–St. Louis. They compete in NCAA Division II and are members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Sports University of Miss ...

, University of Missouri–St. Louis athletic squad *

White Rock Tritons The White Rock Tritons are a high school baseball team located in South Surrey area of the City of Surrey, British Columbia, British Columbia. Although most of the Tritons players are from the White Rock and South Surrey communities, the team al ...

, a youth baseball team in South Surrey, British Columbia, Canada * Seigneurie du Triton, a hunting and fishing club in Quebec, Canada

Technology

Triton (content delivery) Triton was a digital delivery and digital rights management service created by Digital Interactive Streams, which abruptly went out of business in early October 2006. Triton was a new competitor in the rapidly growing market for electronic distr ...

, a digital delivery and digital rights management service until 2006 * Triton disk drive, a product that allows 2.8-inch floppy disks to be read on various home computers * E Ink Triton, an electronic paper technology *

Korg Triton The Korg Triton is a music workstation synthesizer, featuring digital sampling and sequencing, released in 1999. It uses Korg's HI Synthesis tone generator and was eventually available in several model variants with numerous upgrade options. The ...

, a music workstation synthesizer * Triton chipset, an Intel Pentium chipset *

Triton X-100 Triton X-100 (''n'') is a nonionic surfactant that has a hydrophilic polyethylene oxide chain (on average it has 9.5 ethylene oxide units) and an aromatic hydrocarbon lipophilic or hydrophobic group. The hydrocarbon group is a 4-( 1,1,3,3-tetramet ...

, a nonionic surfactant * TRITON, a SODAR system for measuring sound wave scattering * AIM Triton, a version of the

AOL Instant Messenger AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) was an instant messaging and presence computer program created by AOL, which used the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time. AIM w ...

software * Triton, a line of GPS receivers manufactured by

Magellan Navigation Magellan Navigation, Inc. is an American producer of consumer and professional grade global positioning system receivers, named after Ferdinand Magellan, the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe. Headquartered in San Dimas, California, with E ...

Triton (malware) Triton is malware first discovered at a Saudi Arabian petrochemical plant in 2017. It can disable safety instrumented systems, which can then contribute to a plant disaster. It has been called "the world's most murderous malware." In December 2017 ...

, used to attack the Triconex control system at a power plant * Triton (programming language) a Python based programming language for use in AI projects developed by OpenAI

Vehicles

Air

* Sikorsky S-61T Triton, a helicopter *

Sud-Ouest Triton The Sud-Ouest SO.6000 Triton was an early experimental French jet aircraft. It has the distinction of being the first indigenously-designed jet-powered aircraft to be flown by the nation, having been designed and manufactured during the 1940s by t ...

, a jet aircraft * Micronautix Triton, a 4-6 place flight experience aircraft * ''Triton'', the Super Constellation airliner involved in the

KLM Flight 633 KLM Flight 633 was a passenger flight from Amsterdam to New York City. On 5 September 1954, immediately after takeoff from Shannon Airport, the Super Constellation Triton ditched on a mudbank in the River Shannon. 28 people were killed in the acc ...

crash

Land

Mitsubishi Triton The Mitsubishi Triton is a compact pickup truck produced by Mitsubishi Motors. In Japan, where it has only been sold intermittently and in small numbers, it was originally known as the Mitsubishi Forte and from 1991 as the Strada. In the Unite ...

, a pickup truck *

Triton motorcycle Triton motorcycles were hybrid motor cycles built from the 1950s to the 1970s that involved fitting Triumph engines into Norton frames. Because no factory offered Triton motorcycles, they were typically privately constructed. However, some UK ...

, a hybrid Triumph–Norton motorcycle of the 1960s-1970s *

Ford Triton engine The Ford Modular engine is Ford Motor Company's overhead camshaft (OHC) V8 and V10 gasoline-powered small block engine family. Despite popular belief that the Modular engine family received its moniker from the sharing of engine parts across nu ...

Sea

* ''Triton'' (steamboat), a vessel that operated on Lake Washington in the first part of the 20th century * MV ''Coral'', formerly ''Triton'', a cruise ship from 1991 to 2004 * Pearson Triton, a sailboat * Triton 22, an American sailboat design *

Triton 24 sailing yacht The Triton 24 sailing yacht is an inshore masthead sloop designed by John C Alsop and manufactured in Sydney, Australia, by the Triton Boat Company throughout the 1980s. The Triton 24 sailing yacht is a fixed keel sailboat A sailboat o ...

, a sloop manufactured in Sydney, Australia, throughout the 1980s *

Triton 25 The Triton 25, also called the Pearson 25, is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1984. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboa ...

, an American sailboat design

Other uses

Triton (physics) Tritium ( or , ) or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with half-life about 12 years. The nucleus of tritium (t, sometimes called a ''triton'') contains one proton and two neutrons, whereas the nucleus of ...

, the nucleus of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen *

Triton (chamber music society) Triton was a Paris-based chamber music society founded by Pierre-Octave Ferroud to promote new music. Its executive committee (comité actif) was made up of composers, including Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Bohuslav Martinů an ...

, a chamber music society founded in Paris 1932 by Pierre-Octave Ferroud *

Triton (demogroup) Triton (TRN) was a demogroup active in the PC demoscene from 1992 to about 1996. History Triton's first demo, ''Crystal Dream'', was released in the summer of 1992 and won the PC demo competition at the Hackerence V demo party. Their second and ...

, a demo group active in the PC demoscene from 1992 to about 1996 * Triton (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional species in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game * Triton (fairy chess piece), a combined Rook and Locust * Energy-Quest ''Triton Expedition'', a deep sea voyage *

Operation Triton Operation Triton was an operation conducted by Frontex, the European Union's border security agency. The operation, under Italian control, began on 1 November 2014 and ended on 1 February 2018 when it was replaced by Operation Themis. It involv ...

, a border security operation in the Mediterranean Sea *

, a wetting agent * Triton Knoll, a proposed offshore wind farm off the coast of Lincolnshire, England, UK *

Triton Light The Triton Light is a navigational beacon on the seawall of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where the Severn River meets Spa Creek and the Annapolis harbor. It was donated to the Academy and named for the Greek god by ...

, a navigational beacon on the seawall of the United States Naval Academy, US *

Triton Museum of Art The Triton Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum located at 1505 Warburton Avenue in Santa Clara, California. History The museum was founded in 1965 in San Jose, California, by rancher, lawyer and art patron W. Robert Morgan and his wife J ...

, a museum in Santa Clara, California, US * Triton City, a concept for a floating city proposed by

Buckminster Fuller Richard Buckminster Fuller (; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing mo ...