Peary may refer to:

People

Last name

Danny Peary Dannis Peary (born August 8, 1949) is an American film critic and sports writer. He has written and edited many books on Film, cinema and sports-related topics. Peary is most famous for his book ''Cult Movies (book), Cult Movies'' (1980), which s ...

(born 1949), American film critic and sports writer *

Gerald Peary Gerald Peary (born October 30, 1944) is an American film critic, filmmaker, editor of the University Press of Mississippi, and a former curator of the Harvard Film Archive. Early life and education Peary graduated from Rider University in 1964 ...

(born 1944), American film critic * Harold Peary (1908–1985), American actor, comedian and singer *

Josephine Diebitsch Peary Josephine Cecilia Peary ( Diebitsch; May 22, 1863 – December 19, 1955) was an American author and arctic explorer. She was the wife of Robert Peary, who claimed to be the first to have reached the geographic North Pole. Early life Josep ...

(1863–1955), American author and arctic explorer, wife of Robert Peary * Marie Ahnighito Peary (1893–1978), American author, daughter of Robert Peary *

Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was long credited as being ...

(1856–1920), American explorer

First name

Peary Chand Mitra Peary Chand Mitra (22 July 1814 – 23 November 1883) was an Indian writer, journalist, cultural activist and entrepreneur. His pseudonym was Tek Chand Thakur. He was a member of Henry Derozio's Young Bengal group, who played a leading role ...

(1814–1883), Indian author and journalist *

Peary Rader Peary Rader (October 17, 1909 – November 24, 1991) was an American early bodybuilder, Olympic lifter, writer, and magazine publisher from Nebraska. He was the founding publisher of ''Iron Man'' from 1936 to 1986. Early life Rader was born on O ...

(1909–1991), American early bodybuilder, Olympic lifter, writer, and magazine publisher * Peary Charan Sarkar (1823–1875), pioneer in women's education in Bengal

Middle name

Benjamin Peary Pal Benjamin Peary Pal or B. P. Pal FRS (26 May 1906 – 14 September 1989) was an Indian plant breeder and agronomist who served as a director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Delhi and as the first Director General of the Indian ...

(1906–1989), Indian plant breeder and agronomist

Locations

Canada

* Peary Bay, in Nunavut * Peary Channel, a waterway in Nunavut

Greenland

* Cape Peary, a headland in northwestern Greenland * Mary Peary Peaks, a mountain in northern Greenland *

Peary Channel (Greenland) The Peary Channel () was a hypothetical sound or marine channel running from east to west separating Peary Land in northernmost Greenland from the mainland further south. The assumed existence of this channel and other errors in Peary's maps re ...

, a hypothetical sound in Northern Greenland * Peary Glacier, a glacier in western Greenland *

Peary Land Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the nor ...

, a peninsula in northern Greenland * Peary Nunatak, a nunatak in eastern Greenland

United States

* Admiral Peary Vocational-Technical School, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania * Peary, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Saint Louis County * Peary, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mathews County * Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum, in Brunswick, Maine

Elsewhere

* Mount Peary, a massif in Antarctic * Peary (crater), the closest large lunar impact crater to the lunar north pole

Ships

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Maersk Peary ''Maersk Peary'' is a tanker, operated by the shipping firm Maersk Line, that was designed for working in the polar regions. History She was built in 2004 by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae-gu, South Korea, originally with a red hull and re ...

'', a Norway-registered tanker landed in 2004 * SS ''Robert E. Peary'', an American "Liberty ship" launched in 1942 * USS ''Robert E. Peary'', or variants thereof, several ships of the United States Navy

Other

Peary Arctic Club The Peary Arctic Club was an American-based Club (organization), club with the goal of promoting the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary (1856–1920). This association of influential persons was able to overcome the opposition of the U.S. Nav ...

, American-based club that promoted the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary *

Peary caribou The Peary caribou (''Rangifer arcticus pearyi'') is a subspecies of caribou found in the Canadian high Arctic islands of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Canada. They are the smallest of the North American caribou, with the females wei ...

, a caribou subspecies in Canada * Peary Polar Expedition Medal, authorized by the United States Congress in 1944 *

Camp Peary Camp Peary is a U.S. military reservation in York County near Williamsburg, Virginia, which hosts a covert CIA training facility known as "The Farm". Officially referred to as an Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity (AFETA) under the ...

, a U.S. military reservation and Central Intelligence Agency facility in Virginia