An atlas is a collection of maps.

Atlas may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

  • Atlas (DC Comics), several fictional characters
  • Atlas (Teen Titans)
  • Atlas, an Astro Boy (1980) character
  • Atlas (BioShock)
  • Atlas, a BattleMech in the BattleTech universe
  • Atlas, an antagonist in Mega Man ZX Advent
  • Atlas, a Portal 2 character
  • Atlas, a PS238 character
  • Erik Josten, a.k.a. Atlas, a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • The Atlas, a strong driving force from No Man's Sky

Literature

  • Atlas, a photography book by Gerhard Richter
  • The Atlas (novel), by William T. Vollmann
  • Atlas (magazine)
  • The Atlas (newspaper), published in England from 1826 to 1869

Music

Bands

  • Atlas (rock band), a New Zealand rock band
  • Atlas (boy band), a Thai boy band

Albums

  • Atlas (Kinky album)
  • Atlas (Laurel Halo album)
  • Atlas (Parkway Drive album)
  • Atlas (Real Estate album)
  • Atlas (RÜFÜS album)
  • Atlas (The Score album)

Opera

  • Atlas (opera), 1991, by Meredith Monk
  • Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts, a 1993 recording of Monk's opera

Songs

  • "Atlas" (Battles song), 2007
  • "Atlas" (Bicep song), 2020
  • "Atlas" (Coldplay song), 2013
  • "Atlas" (Guns N' Roses song), 2025
  • "Atlas", from the album The Tide, the Thief & River's End by Caligula's Horse
  • "Atlas", from Man Overboard by Man Overboard
  • "Atlas", from the album The Amanuensis by Monuments
  • "Atlas[t]", from the album Divided By by Structures
  • "Atlas", by Coheed and Cambria
  • "Atlas", by Delphic
  • "Atlas", by Good Kid
  • "Atlas", by Jake Chudnow, used as the main theme in the YouTube series Mind Field
  • "Atlas, Rise!", from the album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct by Metallica

Gaming

  • The Atlas (video game), a 1991 multiplatform strategy video game
  • Atlas (video game), a massively-multiplayer online video game released for early access in 2018
  • Atlas Corporation, an arms manufacturer in the video game series Borderlands
  • Atlas Corporation, a private military company in the video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

  • Atlas (1961 film), an action-adventure film
  • Atlas (2024 film), an American science fiction thriller film
  • Atlas (comic book series), by Dylan Horrocks
  • Atlas (statue), a statue by Lee Lawrie in Rockefeller Center

Businesses and organizations

  • Atlas Air, an American cargo airline
  • Atlas Aircraft, a 1940s aircraft manufacturer
  • Atlas Aviation, an aircraft maintenance firm
  • Atlas Blue, a Moroccan low-cost airline
  • Atlas (appliance company), in Belarus
  • Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company, a locomotive manufacturer
  • Atlas Comics (1950s), a publisher
  • Atlas/Seaboard Comics, a 1970s line of comics
  • Atlas Consortium, a group of technology companies
  • Atlas Copco, a Swedish company founded in 1873
  • Atlas Corporation, an investment company
  • Atlas Drop Forge Company, a parts subsidiary of REO Motor Car Company
  • Atlas Elektronik, a German naval/marine electronics and systems business
  • Atlas Entertainment, a film production company
  • Atlas Group, a Pakistani business group
  • Atlas Media Corp., a non-fiction entertainment company
  • Atlas Aircraft Corporation, a South African military aircraft manufacturer
  • Atlas Model Railroad, American maker of model trains and accessories
  • Atlas Network, formerly Atlas Economic Research Foundation
  • Atlas Powder Company, an American explosives and chemicals company
  • Atlas Press, a UK publisher
  • Atlas Press (tool company)
  • Atlas (restaurant), a Michelin-starred restaurant in Atlanta
  • Atlas Solutions, an online advertising subsidiary of Meta Platforms
  • Atlas Van Lines, a moving company
  • Atlas Werke, a defunct German shipbuilding company
  • RTV Atlas, a broadcaster in Montenegro

Military

  • Airbus A400M Atlas, a military aircraft produced since 2007
  • Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, a British military aircraft produced 1927–1933
  • HMLAT-303, a United States Marine Corps helicopter training squadron
  • Atlas Aircraft Corporation, a South African military aircraft manufacturer
  • French ship Atlas, several French Navy ships
  • HMS Atlas, several Royal Navy ships
  • USS Atlas, several U.S. Navy ships
  • ATLAS (simulation) (Army Tactical Level Advanced Simulation), a Thai military system
  • SM-65 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

Mythological and legendary figures

  • Atlas (mythology), a Titan in ancient Greek mythology
  • Atlas of Atlantis, the first legendary king of Atlantis
  • Atlas of Mauretania, a legendary king

People

  • Atlas (name), including lists of people with the given name or surname

Places

United States

  • Atlas, Illinois
  • Atlas, Texas
  • Atlas, Wisconsin
  • Atlas District, in Washington, D.C.
  • Atlas Peak AVA, a California wine region
  • Atlas Township, Michigan

Other places

  • Atlas Cinema, a historic movie theatre in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Atlas Mountains, a set of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa
  • Atlas, Nilüfer, a village in Bursa Province, Turkey

Science and technology

Astronomy

  • Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), a space-based lidar instrument on ICESat-2
  • Atlas (crater), on the near side of the Moon
  • Atlas (moon), a moon of Saturn
  • Atlas (star), a triple star system in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Pleiades
  • Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)
  • Comet ATLAS, any of several comets discovered by ATLAS
  • 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet discovered by ATLAS

Computing

  • Atlas (computer), a 1960s supercomputer
  • Atlas Supervisor, its operating system
  • Atlas (robot)
  • ATLAS (software), a tool to scan American citizenship records for candidates for denaturalization
  • Atlas, a computer used at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2006
  • Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems (ATLAS), a computer language for equipment testing
  • Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator (ATLAS), a hydraulic motion simulator used in theme parks
  • ASP.NET AJAX (formerly "Atlas"), a set of ASP.NET extensions
  • ATLAS Transformation Language, a programming language for model transformation
  • Atlas.ti, a qualitative analysis program
  • Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software (ATLAS)
  • ChatGPT Atlas, an AI web browser
  • MongoDB Atlas, a cloud database offering from MongoDB
  • ERA Atlas, a version of the UNIVAC 1101, a 1950s American computer

Mathematics

  • Atlas (topology), a set of charts
  • A set of charts which covers a manifold
  • A smooth structure, a maximal smooth atlas for a topological manifold

Physics

  • Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS), at the Argonne National Laboratory
  • ATLAS experiment, a particle detector for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
  • Atomic-terrace low-angle shadowing (ATLAS), a nanofabrication technique

Biology and healthcare

  • Atlas (anatomy), a vertebra in the cervical spine
  • Atlas personality, the personality of someone whose childhood was characterized by excessive responsibilities

Animals and plants

  • Atlas bear
  • Atlas beetle
  • Atlas cedar
  • Atlas moth
  • Atlas pied flycatcher, a bird
  • Atlas turtle
  • Atlas deer
  • Atlas lion
  • Atlas, a book about flora and/or fauna of a region, such as atlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and Ireland

Sport

  • Atlas Delmenhorst, a German association football club
  • Atlas F.C., a Mexican professional football club
  • Club Atlético Atlas, an Argentine amateur football club
  • KK Atlas, a former Serbian men's professional basketball club

Transport

Aerospace

  • Atlas (rocket family)
  • AeroVelo Atlas, a human-powered helicopter
  • Birdman Atlas, an ultralight aircraft
  • La Mouette Atlas, a French hang glider design

Automotive

  • Atlas (1951 automobile), a French mini-car
  • Atlas (light trucks), a Greek motor vehicle manufacturer
  • Atlas (Pittsburgh automobile), produced 1906–1907
  • Atlas (Springfield automobile), produced 1907–1913
  • Atlas, a British van by the Standard Motor Company produced 1958–1962
  • Atlas Motor Buggy, an American highwheeler produced in 1909
  • Ford Atlas, a concept pickup truck that previewed the then-new 2015 F-150
  • Geely Atlas, a sport utility vehicle
  • General Motors Atlas engine
  • Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan, a car manufacturer
  • Nissan Atlas, a Japanese light truck
  • Volkswagen Atlas, a sport utility vehicle

Ships and boats

  • Atlas (ship), various merchant ships
  • ST Atlas, a Swedish tugboat

Trains

  • Atlas, an 1863–1885 South Devon Railway Dido class locomotive
  • Atlas, a 1927–1962 LMS Royal Scot Class locomotive

Other uses

  • Atlas (architecture)
  • Atlas (storm), which hit the Midwestern United States in October 2013
  • Agrupación de Trabajadores Latinoamericanos Sindicalistas (ATLAS), a 1950s Latin American trade union confederation
  • Atlas languages, Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
  • ATLAS Network, a network of European special police units
  • Atlas power station, İskenderun, Hatay Province, Turkey
  • Atlas Uranium Mill, Moab, Utah, United States
  • Atlas folio, a book size

See also

  • Altas (disambiguation)
  • AtlasGlobal, a former Turkish airline
  • Atlas-Imperial, an American diesel engine manufacturer
  • Atlas Mara Limited, formerly Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Limited, a financial holding company that owns banks in Africa
  • Dresser Atlas, a provider of oilfield and factory automation services
  • Tele Atlas, a Dutch mapping company
  • Western Atlas, an oilfield services company
  • Brain atlas, a neuroanatomical map of the brain of a human or other animal
  • Black Atlass, a Canadian musician
  • Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST)