The zenith is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer.

Zenith or Zénith may also refer to:

  • Summit, a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it

Automotive

  • Zenith Carburettor Company (British), a British carburetor maker
  • Zenith Carburetor Company, an American carburetor company, unrelated to the British firm

Aviation

  • Ellipse Zenith, a French hang glider
  • Zénith (balloon), a balloon flown to a record altitude of more than 8,000 meters in 1875
  • Zenith Aircraft Company, a manufacturer of light aircraft

Business

  • Zenith Administrators, Inc. and Zenith American Solutions, respectively predecessor and successor companies of American Benefit Plan Administrators
  • Zenith Bank, a Nigerian bank
  • Zenit (camera), a Russian camera brand produced by KMZ (spelled as Zenith in some English-language literature)
  • Zenith Data Systems, computer hardware company
  • Zenith Education Group, a subsidiary of Educational Credit Management Corporation which operates colleges in the United States
  • Zenith Electronics, a radio and television manufacturer
  • Zenith Insurance Company, an American insurance company
  • Zenith Motorcycles, a now defunct British motorcycle manufacturer
  • Zenith (watchmaker), a Swiss watchmaker

Entertainment

  • , the common name for a series of indoor arenas, all similar in design, in France (15 at present)
  • Zénith Paris, the first and most famous of the venues
  • Zénith d'Orléans
  • Zénith de Strasbourg
  • Zenith (building), a culture and exhibition centre in Munich, Germany
  • Zenith, a computer game by Nasir Gebelli
  • Zenith Productions, a defunct British independent film and television production company
  • Zenith, an NFT by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira featured on the La Caldera collection

Fiction

  • Zenith (film), a 2010 American film
  • "The Zenith" (Voltron: Legendary Defender), a 2018 eighth season episode
  • Monsieur Zenith, a villain in the Sexton Blake series of detective pulp fiction
  • Zenith (comics), a superhero comic series written by Grant Morrison that first appeared in 2000 AD
  • Zenith, Winnemac, a city in Sinclair Lewis's fictional state of Winnemac, and the setting for his 1922 novel Babbitt
  • Zenith Caste, caste in the role-playing game Exalted
  • Zenith Castle, or Zenithia, a sky castle from the Dragon Quest video game series
  • Zenith, a book written by Julie Bertagna
  • Zenith Carrierzord, a Zord in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy that was formerly the Shark Galactabeast
  • Zenith, the home planet of Winx Club member Tecna, the fairy of technology

Music

  • Zenith (Grayskul album)
  • Zenith (Alfie Arcuri album)
  • Zenith (Molly Nilsson album)
  • Zenith (Sam Rivers album)
  • Zenith (Bleed from Within album)
  • "Zenith", a song from the album Starbound Beast by Huntress
  • "Zenith", a song from the album Decipher by After Forever
  • "Zenith", a song from the album Meliora by Ghost
  • "Zenith", a song from the album Reborn by Kavinsky
  • "The Zenith", a song from the album Silver by Starflyer 59

Ships

  • HMS Zenith, the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy and of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Division at Southampton
  • MV The Zenith, a cruise ship
  • USS Zenith (SP-61), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918

Places

  • Zenith, Georgia, unincorporated community in the United States
  • Zenith, Illinois, unincorporated community in the United States
  • Zenith, Kansas, unincorporated community in the United States
  • Zenith, North Dakota, unincorporated community in the United States
  • Zenith, Pennsylvania, unincorporated community in the United States
  • Zenith, Tennessee, unincorporated community
  • Zenith, West Virginia, unincorporated community in the United States
  • Zenith City, nickname of Duluth, Minnesota, United States
  • Zenith Heights, Michigan, an unincorporated community

Other uses

  • Zenith (1985 painting), painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol
  • Zenith (magazine), a German magazine of Arabic and Islamic studies
  • Zénith FC, professional football club based in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
  • Zenith number, also known as Enterprise or WX, referring to a toll-free telephone service
  • Zenith camera, an astronomic or geodetic instrument which is directed exactly to the zenith<!-- *NOT* the same definition as "Zenit" camera above! -->
  • Zenith Plateau, or Zenith Seamount, an undersea bathymetric high beneath the Indian Ocean
  • Zenith Go, or Zen, computer Go program
  • Zenith Jones Brown (1898–1983), an American crime fiction writer
  • Zenith, a weapon from the game “Terraria”.

See also

  • Zenit (disambiguation)
  • Xenith, a Marvel Comics character and member of the Imperial Guard