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Geography


Australia

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Three Sisters (Australia) The Three Sisters are an unusual rock formation in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, on the north escarpment of the Jamison Valley. They are located close to the town of Katoomba and are one of the Blue Mountains' best known s ...
, a rock formation near Katoomba, NSW * The Three Sisters (Queensland), three islands *
Three Sisters Island (Tasmania) The Three Sisters Island or Three Sisters Islands are three small and rocky granite islands, with a collective land area of , located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north coast of Tasmania, Australia, between the towns of Penguin and Ulver ...
, three small islands


Canada

* The Three Sisters (Alberta), three peaks in the Canadian Rockies near Canmore, Alberta * The Three Sisters (Lake Huron), three islands in Lake Huron * The Three Sisters (Temagami), three lakes in Temagami, Ontario *
Three Sisters (Elk Valley) The Three Sisters is a mountain immediately north of Fernie, British Columbia, northwest of the confluence of Fairy Creek with the Elk River (British Columbia), Elk River. It should not to be confused with the Alberta Rockies' peaks of the Thre ...
, three peaks in the Canadian Rockies just north of the town of Fernie, British Columbia *
Three Sisters Range The Three Sisters Range is a subrange of the Stikine Ranges, located northwest of junction of the Stikine and McBride Rivers in northern British Columbia, Canada and to the southeast of the community of Dease Lake Dease Lake is a small co ...
, three peaks in the Stikine Country, British Columbia * Three Sisters Lakes Provincial Park, a park near Hixon, British Columbia * Three Sisters, a rock formation along the shore of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park


Ireland

* The Three Sisters (Ireland), three rivers * An Triúr Deirféar (Irish for ''The Three Sisters''), three peaks on the Dingle Peninsula


South Africa

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Three Sisters (Northern Cape) The Three Sisters are a land formation near Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa, comprising three distinctively shaped hills. The farm on which they are situated and the nearby railway siding are also named Three Sisters. The hills (or '' ...
, a rock formation consisting of a group of three conical peaks situated on the watershed between Beaufort West and Richmond


United Kingdom

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Three Sisters (Glen Coe) Bidean nam Bian ( gd, Bidean nam Beann, 'peak of the mountains') is the highest peak in a group of mountains south of Glen Coe and north of Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands. With a height of , it is a Munro and the highest point in Argyll. It ...
, three ridges *
Three Sisters Recreation Area Three Sisters Recreation Area is located in Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. In 2011 it was designated a Local Nature Reserve. The area was reclaimed from three coal mining spoil tips and an old golf course during ...
, Wigan


United States

* Three Sisters, mineral springs at
Lake Ouachita State Park Lake Ouachita State Park is a public recreation area located northwest of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Hot Springs, on the eastern side of Lake Ouachita, which at is the largest man-made lake located entirely within the state of Arkansas. In addition ...
, Arkansas *
Three Sisters (Los Angeles County) The Three Sisters is a small mountain range found in the Mojave Desert, in Los Angeles County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a to ...
, a mountain range in California * Three Sisters (Riverside County), a mountain range in California *
Three Sisters (Siskiyou County) The Three Sisters are a mountain range in Siskiyou County, California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents acro ...
, a mountain range in California * Three Sisters (District of Columbia), three islands *
Three Sisters Springs (Florida) Three Sisters Springs are located on the Crystal River, in Citrus County, Florida, United States, at . They are in a natural inlet on the east side of Kings Bay. They contain three spring areas that contain many sand boils and vents. The land sur ...
* Three Sisters (Georgia), three peaks *
Three Sisters (Oregon) --> , topo = USGS South Sister and North Sister , type = Two stratovolcanoes (South, Middle) and one shield volcano (North) , age = Quaternary , volcanic_arc = Cascade Volcanic Arc , last_eruption = 440 CE , first_ascent = , easiest_rou ...
, three volcanoes *
Three Sisters Wilderness The Three Sisters Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Cascade Range, within the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests in Oregon, United States. It comprises , making it the second largest wilderness area in Oregon, after the Eagle Cap Wilde ...
, Oregon * Three Sisters (Pittsburgh), three bridges in Pennsylvania


Stage, film and television

* ''Three Sisters'' (play), a play by Anton Chekhov ** ''The Three Sisters'' (1966 film), an American film ** ''Three Sisters'' (1970 film), a British film directed by Laurence Olivier ** ''The Three Sisters'' (1970 film), a British television adaptation ** ''Three Sisters'' (1988 film), aka ''Love and Fear'', directed by Margarethe von Trotta ** ''Three Sisters'' (1994 film), a Russian film adaptation ** ''Three Sisters'' (opera), a 1998 opera by Péter Eötvös * ''The Three Sisters'' (fairy tale), an Italian fairy tale * ''The Three Sisters'' (1930 film), an American film directed by Paul Sloane * ''Three Sisters'' (musical), a 1934 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II * ''Three Sisters'' (1934 film), a Chinese film of the 1930s * ''Three Sisters'' (2012 film), a Chinese documentary film * ''Three Sisters'' (2020 film) a 2020 South Korean film * ''Three Sisters'' (American TV series), a 2001–2002 American TV series starring Dyan Cannon, Katherine LaNasa, and David Alan Basche * ''Three Sisters'' (South Korean TV series), a 2010 South Korean television drama


Mythology

* Gorgons, three sisters in Greek mythology, named Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa *
Graeae In Greek mythology the Graeae ( grc, Γραῖαι; ; English translation: "old women", "grey ones", or "grey witches"; alternatively spelled Graiai and Graiae) were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one t ...
, three grey sisters (witches) in Greek mythology, named Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo


Other uses

* ''Three Sisters'' (album), a 2004 album by Alice Donut * Three Sisters (agriculture), a Native American agricultural technique for planting maize (corn), beans, and squash close together for shared benefits * ''Three Sisters'' (sternwheeler), a steamboat *
Three Sisters tomato The Three Sisters is a variety of tomato, so named because the plant grows vegetables in three different shapes, each given plant producing only one of the three: * a large single-pleated size (most common) * a more cylindrical shape, like a Rom ...
, a variety of tomato *
Three Sisters Bridge The Three Sisters Bridge was a planned bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., with piers on the Three Sisters islets. Envisioned in the 1950s and formally proposed in the 1960s, it was cancelled amid protests in the 1970s. A bridge o ...
, a cancelled bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. *
Three Sisters Tavern Three Sisters Tavern, sometimes abridged as Three Sisters and nicknamed "Six Tits", was a gay bar and strip club in Portland, Oregon, United States. The bar was founded in 1964 and began catering to Portland's gay community in 1997 following the ...
, a restaurant in Portland, Oregon *
Three Sisters of Nauset The Three Sisters of Nauset are a trio of historic lighthouses off Cable Road in Eastham, Massachusetts. The original three brick towers fell into the sea due to erosion in 1890 and were replaced with wooden towers on brick foundations in 1892. T ...
, a trio of lighthouses in Nauset, Massachusetts * Three sisters, a name for a combination of rogue waves, particularly on Lake Superior * "The Three Sisters" is a colloquial phrase referring to the
Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK) The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NGK) is a Reformed Christian denomination in South Africa. It also has a presence in neighbouring countries, such as Namibia, Eswatini, and parts of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
, Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NHK), and Reformed Churches in South Africa * Orion's Belt, a part of the
Orion constellation Orion is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world. It is one of the most conspicuous and recognizable constellations in the night sky. It is named after Orion, a hunter in Greek mythology. It ...
, or group of stars, located on the celestial equator


See also

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Drei Schwestern Drei Schwestern (The Three Sisters) is a mountain located on the border of Austria and Liechtenstein. It forms a natural boundary between Liechtenstein and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The Three Sisters are a three peaked mountain chain in t ...
* Three Sisters Islands (disambiguation) *
Tri Sestry Tri Sestry (russian: Три Сестры, link=no, lit=the three sisters) is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Urup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. See also * List of volcanoes in Russia This is a list of active and extinct volcan ...
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Tři sestry (Czech band) Tři sestry (Czech for "three sisters") is a Czech punk band formed in 1985 in Prague. Some of their later material has fallen into a more general rock genre, and they have also dabbled in hardcore punk. The band experienced the peak of their po ...
* The Triplets bridges {{disambiguation, geo