Ultima Thule primarily refers to:
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Thule
Thule ( grc-gre, Θούλη, Thoúlē; la, Thūlē) is the most northerly location mentioned in ancient Greek literature, ancient Greek and Latin literature, Roman literature and cartography. Modern interpretations have included Orkney, Shet ...
, a Latin (and earlier Greek) name for an island north of Britain
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486958 Arrokoth
Arrokoth (minor-planet designation 486958 Arrokoth; provisional designation ), formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule, is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. Arrokoth became the farthest and most primitive object in the Solar System ...
, a Kuiper belt object previously nicknamed “Ultima Thule” before its official naming, visited on January 1, 2019 by NASA's ''New Horizons'' spacecraft
Ultima Thule may also refer to:
Music
* ''Ultima Thule'', a song by Japanese Band
Otsukisama Koukyoukyoku
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Ultima Thule (Swedish band)
Ultima Thule (Latin for "Farthest North") is a Swedish rock band. Their style is based on what they call '' Vikingarock'' ("Viking rock"), which combines occasional folk melodies with rock, mixed with Oi!, street punk and Teddy Boy. Some of t ...
*
Ultima Thule (Estonian band)
* ''
Ultima Thule Ambient Music
''Ultima Thule Ambient Music'' is a long-running, specialist ambient music radio show which has been broadcast on Australian community radio since 1989. The show has been described as one of the leading alternative music programmes on Australia ...
'', an Australian radio show
* ''Ultima Thule'', an album by Polish band
Armia
Armia ( en, Army) is Polish punk rock band founded in 1985 by Tomasz Budzyński, Sławomir Gołaszewski and Robert Brylewski. Armia is famous for its use of horn, which was unusual of punk rock bands in late 1980s and 1990s. With poetic (o ...
* ''Ultima Thulée'', an album by French band
Blut Aus Nord
Blut Aus Nord (, ) is a French black metal band from Mondeville, Calvados, that has incorporated avant-garde elements in its music.
History
Vindsval began a solo project, under the name "Vlad", in 1993. He released two demos before changing ...
* ''Ultima Thule'', an album by British band
Ostara
* ''Ultima Thule'', an album by Finnish band
UMO Jazz Orchestra 250px, UMO Jazz Orchestra
UMO Jazz Orchestra is a Finnish big band. It was founded in 1975 by jazz musicians Heikki Sarmanto and Esko Linnavalli.
UMO is an abbreviation of "Uuden Musiikin Orkesteri" (New Musical Orchestra). Since 1984 UMO has bee ...
* "Ultima Thule", a single by German band Tangerine Dream, included in reissues of their ''
Alpha Centauri'' album
* ''
Starfire Burning Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule
''Starfire Burning Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule'' is Bal-Sagoth's second full-length album, released in November 1996 through Cacophonous Records. This was the last album to feature Jason Porter on bass guitar, as he was replaced b ...
'', an album by Bal-Sagoth
* ''L'ultima Thule'', an album by Italian singer
Francesco Guccini
Francesco Guccini (, born 14 June 1940) is an Italian singer-songwriter, considered one of the most important '' cantautori'' of his time. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live a ...
* ''Ultima Thule'' Rap song by Russian rapper
Oxxxymiron
Miron Yanovich Fyodorov (; born 31 January 1985), known by the stage name Oxxxymiron, is a Russian hip-hop artist and former CEO of the Booking Machine booking agency, as well as a co-founder and former member of the record label Vagabund. He ...
feat Luperkal
Literature
* ''Ultima Thule'', a poetry collection by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include "Paul Revere's Ride", ''The Song of Hiawatha'', and ''Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely transl ...
* ''Ultima Thule'', a volume of the novel ''
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
''The Fortunes of Richard Mahony'' is a three-part novel by Australian writer Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson under her pen name, Henry Handel Richardson. It consists of ''Australia Felix'' (1917), ''The Way Home'' (1925), and ''Ultima Thule' ...
'' by Henry Handel Richardson
* "Ultima Thule", a science-fiction short story by
Mack Reynolds
Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds (November 11, 1917 – January 30, 1983) was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Dallas Ross, Mark Mallory, Clark Collins, Dallas Rose, Guy McCord, Maxine Reynolds, Bob Belmont, and Todd Har ...
* "Ultima Thule", a
short story by Vladimir Nabokov
* "Ultima Thule", a short story by
Stefan Grabiński
* "Ultima Thule", a nickname for Thulium Delphiki a character in the book
The Last Shadow
''The Last Shadow'' is a 2021 science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, part of his Ender's Game (series), ''Ender's Game'' series. It links the Shadow Saga (the parallel companion series) back to the original Ender series. This ...
by
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both ...
* Ultima Thule, brotherhood of white supremacists in The Ink Black Heart novel by Robert Galbraith (aka J K Rowling)
Other uses
* ''Ultima Thule'', a 2002 film by
Janie Geiser
Janie Geiser (born 1957 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American artist and experimental filmmaker. Her notable works include ''The Fourth Watch'', ''Terrace 49'', '' The Red Book'', ''The Secret Story'', ''Colors'', ''Immer Zu'', ''Lost Motion'', ...
* Ultima Thule Creek (UT Creek) a small natural watercourse near the town of
Alexandra, Victoria
Alexandra is a town in north-east Victoria, Australia, 130 kilometres north-east of the State Capital, Melbourne. It is located at the junction of the Goulburn Valley Highway (B340) and Maroondah Highway (B360), in the Shire of Murrindindi loc ...
, Australia
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Ultima Thule Peak
Ultima Thule Peak is a glaciated mountain summit located in the Saint Elias Mountains of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak rises above the Hawkins Glacier to its east, Erickson Creek Glacier t ...
, a mountain in Alaska
* Ultima Thule, a set of glassware designed by
Tapio Wirkkala
Tapio Veli Ilmari Wirkkala (2 June 1915 – 19 May 1985) was a Finnish designer and sculptor, a major figure of post-war design.
Life and work
Wirkkala was born in Hanko in 1915. He attended the Töölö co-educational school in Helsinki. His fat ...
for
Iittala
Iittala, founded as a glassworks in 1881, is a Finnish design brand specialising in design objects, tableware and cookware. Iittala's official i-logo was designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1956.
Iittala has strong design roots in glasswares and art gl ...
* ''Ultima Thule'', a frozen planet in the episode "
Death's Other Dominion
'' Space: 1999'', a British science-fiction television series, ran for 48 episodes broadcast between 1975 and 1977. The first series (or season, often referred to as Year One) of 24 episodes began transmission in 1975, though production of the fi ...
" of ''Space: 1999''
* Ultima Thule, a key location in ''
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker''
* Ultima Thule is a planet mentioned in ''
Star Trek Deep Space 9
''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (abbreviated as ''DS9'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. The fourth series in the '' Star Trek'' media franchise, it originally aired in syndication fr ...
'' episode 17 of the first season.
See also
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*
Thule (disambiguation)
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Ultima (disambiguation)
Ultima may refer to:
Places
* Ultima, Victoria, a town in Australia
* Pangaea Ultima, a supercontinent to occur in the future
* ''Ultima'', the larger lobe of the trans-Neptunian object 486958 Arrokoth, nicknamed ''Ultima Thule''
Companies and ...
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