Alta or ALTA may refer to:

Acronyms

Alt-A An Alt-A mortgage, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of U.S. Mortgage loan, mortgage that, for various reasons, is considered riskier than A-paper, or "prime", and less risky than "subprime lending, subprime," the riskiest category. For thes ...

, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of US mortgage * American Land Title Association, a national trade association representing the land title industry * American Literary Translators Association, an association of literary translators in the US * Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance or ALTA, an initiative to conserve the Amur leopard and Amur tiger * Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association * Australasian Language Technology Association * Accelerated life testing or Accelerated life testing analysis

Places

Canada

* Alta Creek, the official name of the River of Golden Dreams, in Whistler, British Columbia * Alta Lake (British Columbia), a lake in Whistler, British Columbia * Alta Lake, British Columbia, a community that is part of Whistler, British Columbia * Mont Alta, a hill in the Laurentides zone of the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, that is the basis of the Ski Mont Alta ski hill; see List of former ski areas of Quebec *

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

, Canada (abbreviation ALTA)

Norway

Alta Municipality Alta (; ; ; ) is the most populated List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Alta (town), town of Alta. Some of the main villages in the ...

, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Alta (town), a town within Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Alta Airport, an airport in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Alta Church, a church in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Alta Museum, a museum in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *

Altaelva Altaelva (; ; ) is the third-longest river in Finnmark county, Norway. The river begins in the mountains and lakes in Kautokeino Municipality, near the border with Finnmark county and Finland, just south of Reisa National Park. The long river t ...

(), a river in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway ** Alta controversy, a series of protests over Sámi rights and dam on the Altaelva

Sweden

* Älta, a locality in Nacka Municipality

Ukraine

* Alta (river), a small tributary of the Trubizh in Ukraine

United States

* Alta, California, a community in Placer County, California *

Alta California Alta California (, ), also known as Nueva California () among other names, was a province of New Spain formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula, it had previously comprised the province of , but was made a separat ...

''("Upper California")'', the Mexican territory that later became the US state of California * Alta, Illinois, a community in Peoria County, Illinois * Alta, Indiana, a community in Vermillion County, Indiana * Alta, Iowa, a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa * Alta, Utah, a town in Salt Lake County, Utah **

Alta Ski Area Alta is a ski area in the western United States, located in the town of Alta, Utah, Alta in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, in Salt Lake County. With a skiable area of , Alta's base elevation is and rises to for a vertical gain of . One of the ...

, a ski area located in the Wasatch Mountains, in Salt Lake County, Utah *

Alta, Fayette County, West Virginia Alta is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The U ...

, an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia *

Alta, Greenbrier County, West Virginia Alta is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.Th ...

, an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia *

Alta, Wyoming Alta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 429 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Jackson, WY– ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, and it is located between Driggs, Idaho and the ...

, a community in Teton County, Wyoming * Alta Lake State Park, a park in the northwest interior of the state of Washington * Alta Peak, a mountain in the Sequoia National Park

People

* Alta (poet) (Alta Gerrey, 1942–2024), poet and prose writer from Oakland, California * Alta Cohen (1908–2003), Major League Baseball player * Alta Fixsler (2018–2021), subject of best interests case

Art, entertainment, and media

* ''Alta'' (novel), a 2004 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey * Alta, Spanish term equivalent to the dance Saltarello * ''Acqua Alta'', a novel by Donna Leon * Alta capella, a 20th-century musicological term for Renaissance wind ensembles * Alta IF, a Norwegian football club based in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway

Businesses

* Alta (vehicles), a defunct Greek manufacturer of cars, light trucks and motorcycles * Alta Bike Share, a provider of bicycle sharing systems in the US and Australia * Alta Car and Engineering Company, an English automobile and a Formula One racing manufacturer * Alta Group Newspapers, a defunct newspaper publisher in the northeastern US * Alta Motors, a defunct American manufacturer of electric motorcycles * Alta Newspaper Group, a newspaper publisher in Western Canada and Quebec * Alta Records, Dallas, Texas * Treno Alta Velocità (Italian: High Velocity Train), a special purpose entity formed to plan and construct a high-speed rail network in Italy

Ships

* MV ''Alta'', a ship that was abandoned at sea in 2018 and ran aground in Ireland in 2020 * , a museum ship in Oslo, Norway

Other uses

* Alta (dye), a red paste used by women in Bangladesh, India and Nepal to paint the borders of the feet * Acqua alta (Italian: "high water"), the term used in Veneto for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea