Napier may refer to:

People

Napier (surname) Napier is a surname with an English, Scottish, French or Polish origin. The British surname ''Napier'' is derived from an occupational name for someone who sold or produced table linen; or for a naperer which was a servant who was responsible fo ...

, including a list of people with that name *

Napier baronets There have been five baronetcies created for people with the surname Napier, three in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2014 two of the creations are extant. Th ...

, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders

Given name

Napier Shaw Sir William Napier Shaw (4 March 1854 – 23 March 1945) was a British meteorologist. He introduced the tephigram, a diagram for evaluating convective instability in the atmosphere. He also served as president of the International Meteorological ...

(1854–1945), British meteorologist *

Napier Waller Mervyn Napier Waller CMG OBE (19 June 189330 March 1972) was a noted Australian muralist, mosaicist and painter in stained glass and other media. He is perhaps best known for the mosaics and stained glass for the Hall of Memory at the Aus ...

(1893–1972), Australian muralist, mosaicist and painter

Places

Antarctica

* Napier Island, in Marguerite Bay, on the Fallières Coast *

Napier Mountains The Napier Mountains are a group of close set peaks, the highest being Mount Elkins, at about 2,300 meters above sea level. This mountain range is located in Enderby Land, in the claimed Australian Antarctic Territory, East Antarctica. Location ...

, in Enderby Land, East Antarctica *

Napier Peak Napier Peak is the partly ice-free peak rising to 380 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked to Charrúa Gap to the north by a 1.5 km ice-covered col, and by an ice-covered saddle to ...

, in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica * Napier Rock, in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

Australia

Mount Napier Mount Napier in Victoria, Australia, is one of the youngest volcanoes in Australia. It erupted about 32,000 years ago. It was named by Major Thomas Mitchell after the three Napier brothers, who he had served alongside during the Peninsular Wa ...

, a dormant volcano in Victoria *

Napier Range The Napier Ranges are located in the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley region of Western Australia. The range is south of and runs parallel to the Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges (formerly King Leopold Ranges). The majority of the Kimberley i ...

, a mountain range in Western Australia *

Napier County, New South Wales Napier County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. Napier County is named in honour of Field Marshal Robert Cornelius Napier, First Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890). Parishes within this county A full list of parishes ...

* Napier, New South Wales, a locality in the Riverina region * Electoral district of Napier, a former electoran district in South Australia

Canada

Napier, Ontario Napier is an unincorporated place on Napier Road in Adelaide–Metcalfe, western Middlesex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Sydenham River southwest of the community of Strathroy. Napier is almost a ghost town for m ...

, an unincorporated place in Middlesex County * Napier Bay, an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

India

* Napier Bay Islands, in the Andaman Islands, South Andaman

New Zealand

Napier, New Zealand Napier ( ; mi, Ahuriri) is a city on the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Hawke's Bay Region, Hawke's Bay region. It is a beachside city with a Napier Port, seaport, known for its sunny climate, esplanade lin ...

, a city *

Napier (New Zealand electorate) Napier is a New Zealand parliamentary New Zealand electorates, electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives, House of Representatives. It is named after the city of Napier, New Zealand, Napier, the ma ...

, a parliamentary electorate

Singapore

* Napier MRT station, an MRT station as part of the Thomson-East Coast Line in Singapore

South Africa

Napier, Western Cape Napier is a village at the foot of the Soetmuisberg, between Caledon and Bredasdorp. A blend of century-old cottages and modern houses, surrounded by the rolling farmland which typifies the Overberg region of South Africa, give the village a rur ...

, a village in Overberg, Western Cape

United States

Napier, Missouri Napier is an extinct town in Holt County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features througho ...

, a ghost town in Holt County *

Napier Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania Napier Township is a township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,026 at the 2020 census. History The Heirline Covered Bridge and New Paris Covered Bridge were listed on the National Register of Historic Places i ...

Napier, West Virginia Napier is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, founded in 1894, with the ZIP code of 26631. Napier has two significant historical landmarks: the Cunningham House and Outbuildings and the Union Civil War F ...

, an unincorporated community in Braxton County

Other uses

Napier (company) Napier Enterprises (Napier Outdoors) is the world's largest developer and distributor of vehicle camping tents. History Napier was started by Roman Napieraj and is twin sister Christina Milan in 1990 and initially developed three models, but tod ...

, Canadian developer and distributor of vehicle camping tents *

Napier Company (jewellery) The Napier Company is an American jewelry manufacturing company, and was one of the first modern corporations in the United States. The company is also known historically as a cutting-edge silver object manufacturer. History The Napier Company ...

, American jewellery company * D. Napier & Son, a British engineering company *

Robert Napier and Sons Messrs Robert Napier and Sons was a famous firm of River Clyde, Clyde shipbuilders and marine engineers at Govan, City of Glasgow, Glasgow founded by Robert Napier (engineer), Robert Napier in 1826. It was moved to Govan for more space in 1841. Hi ...

, a former Clydeside shipbuilder * HMS ''Napier'', a list of ships with this name *

7096 Napier 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ...

, a Mars-orbit crossing asteroid *

Edinburgh Napier University , mottoeng = Without knowledge, everything is in vain , established = 1992 – granted University status 1964 – Napier Technical College , type = Public , academic_staff = 802 , administrative_staff = 562 , chancellor = Will Whitehorn , ...

, Scotland (original name Napier Technical College)