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
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Magellanic subpolar forests
The Magellanic subpolar forests () are a terrestrial ecoregion of southernmost South America, covering parts of southern Chile and Argentina, and are part of the Neotropical realm. It is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion, and ...
, an ecoregion of southernmost Chile and Argentina
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Magellanic Premium, a major prize established in 1786 regarding navigation
Astronomy
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Magellanic Clouds, two major Milky Way neighbouring galaxies, matter streams, or systems related to them:
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Large Magellanic Cloud, a major satellite galaxy to the Milky Way
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Small Magellanic Cloud
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) 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 approximately 7 bill ...
, a smaller major satellite galaxy to the Milky Way
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Mini Magellanic Cloud, a sub-satellite galaxy separating from the Small Magellanic Cloud
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Magellanic Bridge, a neutral hydrogen stream with a few stars linking the two Magellanic Clouds, with a density of stars midway known as OGLE Island
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Magellanic Stream, a neutral hydrogen gas halo and star envelope around the two Magellanic Clouds linking them to the Milky Way
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Magellanic spiral
A Magellanic spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with only one spiral arm. Magellanic spiral galaxies are classified as the type Sm (with sub-categories SAm, SBm, SABm); the prototype galaxy and namesake for Magellanic spirals is the Large Magell ...
, a type of small galaxy
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Magellanic Catalogue of Stars
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''
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Magellanic penguin, a South American bird
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Magellanic plover, a wader shorebird in the extreme south of Argentina
*Magellanic rockcod, a species of cod icefish, see
Maori cod
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Magellanic tuco-tuco, a South American rodent
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Magellanic woodpecker, a South American bird
Science fiction
*''
The Magellanic Cloud'', 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''
*''The Horror from the Magellanic'', a science fiction novelette appearing in the May 1969 issue of Amazing Stories by
Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Moore Hamilton (October 21, 1904 – February 1, 1977) was an American writer of science fiction during the mid-twentieth century. He is known for writing most of the Captain Future stories.
Early life
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he ...
Miscellaneous
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Swedish Magellanic Expedition, a scientific expedition (1907–09)
See also
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Magellan (disambiguation)
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