Olympus or Olympos ( grc, Ὄλυμπος, link=no) may refer to:
Mountains
In antiquity
Greece
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Mount Olympus in Thessaly, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology
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Mount Olympus (Lesvos)
Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Asia Minor by the nar ...
, located in Lesbos
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Mount Olympus (Euboea)
Mount Olympus ( el, Όλυμπος, Ólympos) is a mountain in the east central part of the island of Euboea, Greece. Its maximum elevation is 1,172 m. It is not the highest mountain of Euboea, that is 1,743 m high Dirfi, 16 km to the north. ...
, located in Euboea
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Mount Olympus (Attica)
Laureotic Olympus (named for the region of Laurium, also Όλυμπος Αττικής "Attic Olympus", Σκόρδι) is a hill in Attica, just north of Anavyssos, in Saronikos municipality, East Attica, Greece.
At a height of 487 m is on ...
, located in East Attica
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Mount Olympus (Skyros)
Mount Olympus (; el, Όλυμπος, Ólympos, also , ) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, be ...
, located in
Skyros
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Mount Lykaion, located in Arcadia
Turkey
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Mysian Olympus (present-day Uludağ), in northwest Turkey
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Paphlagonian Olympus (present-day Arıt Dağı near Bartın)
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Mount Nif (present-day Nif Dağı in Aegean Turkey)
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Lycian Olympus (present-day Tahtalı Dağı near Kemer)
Cyprus
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Mount Olympus (Cyprus)
Olympus, or Chionistra, ( el, Όλυμπος ''or'' Χιονίστρα; tr, Olimpos Tepesi) at , is the highest point in Cyprus. It is located in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. Mount Olympus peak and the "Troodos Square" fall under the territ ...
, the highest point (1952 m) on the island of Cyprus
In modern times
United States
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Mount Olympus (Washington)
Mount Olympus, at , is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of western Washington state, US. Located on the Olympic Peninsula, it is also the central feature of Olympic National Park. Mount Olympus is the highest summ ...
, on the Olympic Peninsula
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Mount Olympus (Utah), on the Wasatch Front
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Mount Olympus (San Francisco), in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood
New Zealand
* Mount Olympus, the 2,096-meter mountain range, which contains
Mount Olympus Ski Area, located in the South Island of New Zealand
Solar System
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Olympus Mons
Olympus Mons (; Latin for Mount Olympus) is a large shield volcano on Mars. The volcano has a height of over 21.9 km (13.6 mi or 72,000 ft) as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA). Olympus Mons is about two and a h ...
(Mars), the tallest known volcano and mountain in the Solar System
Communities
Greece
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Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the island of Karpathos
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Dio-Olympos
Dion-Olympos ( el, Δίον-Όλυμπος, ''Díon-Ólympos'') is a municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Litochoro. The municipality has an area of 495.314 km2.
Municipali ...
, Pieria, a municipal unit in the foothills of the mythic Mount Olympus
Turkey
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Olympos (Lycia)
Olympus or Olympos ( grc, Ὄλυμπος, ''Ólympos''; la, Olympus) was a city in ancient Lycia. It was situated in a river valley near the coast. Its ruins are located south of the modern town Çıralı in the Kumluca district of Antalya Prov ...
, village in the heart of the Olympos coastal national park
United States
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Mount Olympus, Los Angeles
Mount Olympus is a prominent neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills area of the city of Los Angeles, California. It is a community of single family residences founded in 1969 by developer Russ Vincent. It is bounded by Hollywood Boulevard, Laurel Cany ...
, a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills, California
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Mount Olympus, Indiana, an unincorporated place
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Mount Olympus, Utah, a census-designated place
Business
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Olympus Corporation
is a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscopes and thermometers. Olympus holds roughly a 70-percent share of the global endoscope market, estimated ...
, a Japanese medical and scientific solution company, that previously produced optics and imaging
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OM Digital Solutions, formed when
Olympus Corporation
is a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscopes and thermometers. Olympus holds roughly a 70-percent share of the global endoscope market, estimated ...
split off its photography and audio recording businesses
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Olympus tension leg platform, an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico
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Rolls-Royce Olympus, a jet engine and marine turbine
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Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
* Olympus, a codename for the third version of phpBB,
phpBB3
Entertainment
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''Olympos'' (novel), a science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons
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Olympus Rally, a motorsport event in the Washington State, USA
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Olympus (Marvel Comics), a fictional location in Marvel Comics
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''Olympus'' (TV series), a 2015 Canadian fantasy television series
* Mount Olympus, a major location in the 1997 Disney animated film
Hercules
Other
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Olympus (musician)
Olympus (or Olympos, el, Ὄλυμπος) is the name of two ancient Greek musicians, one mythical who lived before the Trojan War, and one apparently real, who lived in the 7th century BC. Both musicians were connected with the auletic music, wh ...
, two semi-mythical musicians from the time of Ancient Greece
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''Olympus'' (sculpture), a public artwork by Charles Ginnever in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
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Olympus High School
Olympus High School is a public high school in the Granite School District in Holladay, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City.
Description
The school opened on September 1, 1953, with an original enrollment of 1028 students. In the fall of 1960, th ...
, a high school in Utah, USA
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USS ''Mount Olympus'' (AGC-8), a World War II US Navy ship
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Olympus-1
Olympus-1 was a communications satellite built by Astrium (at the time of the construction of the satellite British Aerospace and Matra Marconi Space) and Thales Alenia Space (also at the time Alcatel Espace and Alenia Spazio), along with Fokker an ...
, damaged and decommissioned communications satellite
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Optare Olympus
The Optare Olympus (introduced in 2006 as the East Lancs Olympus, and sold as the Darwen Olympus between 2007 and 2008) is a double-decker bus built by Optare. It could be built as a body available on Alexander Dennis Enviro400, Volvo B9TL or ...
, a British double-decker bus
* ''Olympus'', a
New Zealand company sailing ship the brought 159 settlers to Wellington, New Zealand, in 1840
* ''Olympus'', an alternate name for Bigelow Aerospace's
BA 2100 spacecraft
* FC Olimp Ungheni, the name of the Moldovan football club
CS Moldova-03 Ungheni
Fotbal Club Municipal Ungheni, commonly known as FCM Ungheni, is a Moldovan football club based in Ungheni, Moldova. They were founded in 2000 and they play in the Moldovan Liga 1, the second division in Moldovan football.
History
The club was ...
during 2008-2011
See also
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Olympe (disambiguation) Olympe is an ancient Greek city in the region of Epirus. Its location is probably at modern Mavrovë.
Olympe may also refer to:
*Olympe (singer), French singer famous after coming runner-up in season 2 of French '' The Voice: la plus belle voix''
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Olympia (disambiguation)
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