Albatross (disambiguation)

An albatross is one of a family of large winged seabirds.

Albatross or Albatros may also refer to:

Animals

 * Albatross (butterfly) or Appias, a genus of butterfly
 * Albatross (horse) (1968–1998), a Standardbred horse

Literature

 * Albatross Books, a German publishing house that produced the first modern mass market paperback books
 * Albatros Literaturpreis, a literary award
 * "L'albatros" (poem) ("The Albatross"), 1859 poem by Charles Baudelaire
 * The Albatross (novella), a 1971 novella by Susan Hill
 * The Albatross, the fictional propeller-sustained airship in Jules Verne's novel Robur the Conqueror
 * Albatross (novel), a 2019 novel by Terry Fallis

Film and television

 * Films Albatros, a French film production company which operated between 1922 and 1939
 * Albatross (2011 film), a British film
 * Albatross (2015 film), an Icelandic film
 * Albatross (2022 film), an American drama film
 * Drift Away (film), French title Albatros, a 2021 French drama film
 * Albatross (Monty Python sketch), a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, first appearing in 1970
 * "Albatross" (Star Trek: The Animated Series), a 1974 episode of the animated television series
 * "Albatross" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), a 2007 episode of the television crime drama

Music

 * An Albatross, an American artcore/grindcore band
 * Albatross (Nepali band)

Albums

 * Albatross (Big Wreck album) (2012)
 * Albatross (The Classic Crime album) (2006)
 * Albatross, a 2005 album by The Standard
 * The Albatross (album), a 2013 album by Foxing
 * Albatross (Fleetwood Mac album), a 1977 compilation album by Fleetwood Mac and Christine Perfect

Songs

 * "Albatross" (Big Wreck song)
 * "Albatross" (Corrosion of Conformity song) (1994)
 * "Albatross" (instrumental), a 1968 instrumental by Fleetwood Mac
 * "Albatross", an unreleased song by Brave Saint Saturn
 * "Albatross", a 1967 song by Judy Collins from Wildflowers
 * "Albatross", a 1979 song by Public Image Ltd. from Metal Box
 * "Albatross", a 2011 song by Wild Beasts
 * "Albatross", a 2015 song by Foals from What Went Down
 * "Albatross", a 2022 song by Kevin Devine from Nothing's Real, So Nothing's Wrong
 * "Albatross", a 2024 song by English Teacher from This Could Be Texas
 * "The Albatross", a 2024 song by Taylor Swift from The Tortured Poets Department

Aircraft

 * Albatros Airlines (Turkey), a Turkish charter airline from 1992 to 1996
 * Albatros Airways, an Albanian budget airline
 * Albatros Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft manufacturer
 * Albatross Soaring Machine, an unsuccessful flying machine designed by William Paul Butusov in 1896
 * Aero L-39 Albatros, a Czech jet trainer aircraft
 * de Havilland Albatross, a four-engine British transport aircraft
 * Grumman HU-16 Albatross, a US Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard amphibious flying boat
 * Beriev A-40 Albatros, a Russian amphibious plane
 * Gossamer Albatross, a human-powered airplane
 * L'Albatros artificiel, gliders built by Jean-Marie Le Bris in 1856–1868
 * "Albatross" drones, reconnaissance drones developed for the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the Russian company Albatross, which operates the Yelabuga drone factory

Automobiles

 * Albatros (1912 automobile), a French automobile
 * Albatros (1922 automobile), a British automobile
 * Albatross (automobile), an American sports car venture that was planned in 1939

Trains

 * V250 (train) or Albatross, a high-speed train designed to operate between Amsterdam and Brussels
 * Albatross, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915

Ships

 * List of ships named Albatros or Albatross

Other uses

 * Albatross (cloth), a lightweight, soft material with a napped and slightly creped surface
 * Albatross (golf), a score of three under par on a hole
 * Albatross (metaphor), an encumbrance or a wearisome burden
 * Albatross (Rolling Thunder), a video game character
 * Albatross, Missouri
 * Grupo Albatros, a special operations service of the Argentine Naval Prefecture
 * HMAS Albatross (air station), a Royal Australian Navy base
 * Albatross Marine, a British manufacturer of very light aluminium speedboats
 * Michael Gross (swimmer) or "The Albatross", former professional swimmer
 * Albatross stores, special stores in the Soviet Union to sell foreign goods for special coupons