Magellanic may refer to: *Magellanic Steppe, 7th largest desert in the world, see Patagonian Desert *Magellanic Straits, a sea passageway at the tip of South America, see

Strait of Magellan The Strait of Magellan (), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south. The strait is considered the most important natural pass ...

* Magellanic subpolar forests, an ecoregion of southernmost Chile and Argentina * Magellanic Premium, a major prize established in 1786 regarding navigation

Astronomy

* Magellanic Clouds, two major Milky Way neighbouring galaxies, matter streams, or systems related to them: **

Large Magellanic Cloud The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), or Nubecula Major, is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of around 50 kiloparsecs (≈160,000 light-years), the LMC is the second- or third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the ...

, a major satellite galaxy to the Milky Way **

Small Magellanic Cloud The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), or Nubecula Minor, is a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way. Classified as a dwarf irregular galaxy, the SMC has a D25 isophotal diameter of about , and contains several hundred million stars. It has a total mass of ...

, a smaller major satellite galaxy to the Milky Way ***

Mini Magellanic Cloud The Magellanic Clouds (''Magellanic system'' or ''Nubeculae Magellani'') are two irregular dwarf galaxies in the southern celestial hemisphere. Orbiting the Milky Way galaxy, these satellite galaxies are members of the Local Group. Because both ...

, a sub-satellite galaxy separating from the Small Magellanic Cloud **

Magellanic Bridge The Magellanic Bridge (MBR) is a stream of neutral hydrogen that links the two Magellanic Clouds, with a few known stars inside it. It should not be confused with the Magellanic Stream, which links the Magellanic Clouds to the Milky Way. It wa ...

, a neutral hydrogen stream with a few stars linking the two Magellanic Clouds, with a density of stars midway known as OGLE Island ** Magellanic Stream, a neutral hydrogen gas halo and star envelope around the two Magellanic Clouds linking them to the Milky Way *

Magellanic spiral Magellanic spiral galaxies are (usually) dwarf galaxies which are classified as the type Sm (and SAm, SBm, SABm). They are galaxies with one single spiral arm, and are named after their prototype, the Large Magellanic Cloud, an SBm galaxy. They ca ...

, a type of small galaxy *

Magellanic Catalogue of Stars The Magellanic Catalogue of Stars is a catalogue of positions for 243,561 stars covering large areas around the Large and Small Magellanic Cloud (LMC and SMC). The catalogue was compiled by H.-J. Tucholke, K.S. de Boer and W.C. Seitter, who measured ...

Biology

*Magellanic horned owl, a large owl south of the central Andes, see Lesser horned owl *Magellanic Long-clawed Mouse, also known as the Magellanic long-clawed akodont, see ''

Chelemys delfini ''Chelemys delfini'', also known as the Magellanic long-clawed akodont,Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1109 is a species of rodent in the genus ''Chelemys'' of family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the areas of Punta Arenas and Torres del Paine N ...

'' * Magellanic penguin, a South American bird *

Magellanic plover The Magellanic plover (''Pluvianellus socialis'') is a rare wader found only in southernmost South America. Taxonomy It was long placed in with the other plovers in the family Charadriidae; however, behavioural evidence suggested they were disti ...

, a wader shorebird in the extreme south of Argentina *Magellanic rockcod, a species of cod icefish, see

Maori cod ''Paranotothenia magellanica''), also known as Magellanic rockcod, Maori cod, blue notothenia or orange throat notothen, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefishes. It is native t ...

Magellanic tuco-tuco The Magellanic tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys magellanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is also known as the cururo by the ...

, a South American rodent *

Magellanic woodpecker The Magellanic woodpecker (''Campephilus magellanicus'') is a very large woodpecker found in southern Chile and southwestern Argentina; it is resident within its range. This species is the southernmost example of the genus '' Campephilus'', which ...

, a South American bird

Science fiction

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The Magellanic Cloud ''The Magellanic Cloud'' (Polish title: ''Obłok Magellana'') is a 1955 science fiction novel by Poland, Polish writer Stanisław Lem. Fragments of the novel were published earlier, in 1953 and 1954, in the magazine ''Przekrój''. Some signific ...

'', an English variant title of ''Obłok Magellana'', a 1955 Polish science fiction novel by Stanislaw Lem *''The Magellanics'', a science fiction novella by Alfred Coppel appearing in the Winter 1952 issue of ''

Two Complete Science-Adventure Books ''Two Complete Science-Adventure Books'' was an American pulp science fiction magazine, published by Fiction House, which lasted for eleven issues between 1950 and 1954 as a companion to ''Planet Stories''. Each issue carried two novels or long ...

'' *''The Horror from the Magellanic'', a science fiction novelette appearing in the May 1969 issue of Amazing Stories by Edmond Hamilton

Miscellaneous

Swedish Magellanic Expedition The Swedish Magellanic expedition, 1907–09 was a scientific expedition undertaken by Carl Johan Fredrik Skottsberg, Percy Dudgeon Quensel and Thore Gustaf Halle to study the geography, geology and flora of Patagonia. Other areas studied incl ...

, a scientific expedition (1907–09)

Astronomy

Biology

Science fiction

Miscellaneous

See also