Ark

Ark or ARK may refer to:

Hebrew word teva

 * Noah's Ark, a massive vessel said to have been built to save Noah, his family, and the world's animals from a flood
 * Ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant Moses

Hebrew aron

 * Ark of the Covenant, chest for the tablets of the Ten Commandments
 * Torah ark, a cabinet used to store a synagogue's Torah scrolls

Businesses and organizations

 * Ark (charity), UK
 * Ark (toy company), a former company
 * Ark Invest, American asset management firm
 * ARK Music Factory, a record label, Los Angeles, California, US
 * The Ark, a weekly newspaper in Tiburon, California
 * ARK Theatre Company in Los Angeles, California, US

Works of fiction

 * The Ark (Doctor Who), a 1966 Doctor Who serial
 * Ark, a 1970 apocalyptic short film directed by Rolf Forsberg
 * Ark II, a 1976 children's science fiction television series
 * ARK (1996), a book of poetry by Ronald Johnson
 * Ark (film), a 2005 animated science fiction film directed by Subro Adonis
 * "The Ark" (Stargate Atlantis), a 2007 episode of Stargate Atlantis
 * Ark (novel), a 2009 novel by Stephen Baxter
 * Ark (web series), a 2010 science fiction series by Trey Stokes
 * The Ark (film), a 2015 BBC TV film
 * Ark: Survival Evolved, a 2017 video game
 * The Ark (TV series), a 2023 SyFy television series
 * Ark: The Animated Series, a 2024 television series

Fictional story elements

 * Ark (Gravitation), character in Gravitation
 * Ark (Noon Universe), a planet
 * Ark (Transformers), a spacecraft
 * The Ark (Halo), control station
 * ARK, space colony in video games Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Ark, character in video game Terranigma
 * The Ark, space stations housing humanity in The 100 (TV series)
 * The Ark, a floating city and the main setting of the game Brink
 * The Ark, fictional English pop rock band from Alice Oseman's third novel I Was Born For This
 * The Ark of Truth, an Alteran device in Stargate: The Ark of Truth

Bands

 * Ark (British band), a 1985 melodic rock band
 * Ark (Bangladeshi band), a 1991 Bangladeshi rock band
 * The Ark (Swedish band), a 1991 Swedish glam-rock band
 * Ark (Norwegian band), a 1999 progressive metal band
 * The Ark, a 2015 South Korean girl group with members including Euna Kim and Lee Su-ji

Albums

 * Ark (The Animals album), 1983, by The Original Animals
 * The Ark (album), 1991 album by Frank Zappa
 * The Ark (EP), 1996, by Swedish band The Ark
 * Ark (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), 1999, by Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel
 * Here Comes the Indian, 2003 album by Animal Collective, reissued in 2020 as Ark
 * Ark (Brendan Perry album), 2010, by Brendan Perry
 * Ark (We Are the Ocean album), 2015, by We Are the Ocean
 * Ark (In Hearts Wake album), 2017, by In Hearts Wake
 * Ark (Crossfaith album), 2024, by Crossfaith

Songs

 * "The Ark", 2008, by Dr. Dog from Fate

Poetry

 * "Ark", 2019 poem by Simon Armitage to commemorate launch of RRS Sir David Attenborough

Buildings

 * The Ark (fortress), 5th century AD, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
 * The Ark (Duke University), an 1898 dance studio
 * The Ark (folk venue), since 1965, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
 * The Ark (Prince Edward Island), a 1975 bioshelter in Canada
 * The Ark (Tadcaster), historic building in England
 * The Ark, London, a 1989 office block in Hammersmith, London, UK
 * Ark Encounter, a 2016 creationist theme park, Kentucky, US

Inhabited places

 * Ark., an alternative abbreviation for Arkansas, United States
 * Ark, Iran (disambiguation)
 * Ark, Missouri, a ghost town in the United States
 * Ark, Virginia, in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
 * Autonomous Region of Krajina, in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Other places

 * The Ark (Antarctica), a rock summit in Antarctica

Transportation

 * Ark (river boat), a temporary boat used in river transport in eastern North America
 * HMS Ark Royal, a prestigious ship name in the British Royal Navy, often the name of the Fleet Flagship, has been given to five ships
 * The Ark (ship), a ship used in founding the Province of Maryland
 * The Ark, a ship used as a Scottish Marine Station, now the basis of the University Marine Biological Station Millport
 * The Ark, an unfinished sculpture in the form of a functional ship created by artist Kea Tawana between 1982 and 1988 in Newark, New Jersey
 * Interstellar ark, a conceptual multi-lifetime space vehicle
 * Ararat International Airlines, by ICAO airline designator
 * Arusha Airport, by IATA airport code
 * Arkadelphia (Amtrak station), by Amtrak station code
 * Armoured Ramp Carrier, a specialist armoured vehicle

Technology

 * ARK (Archival Resource Key), a type of URL that serves as a persistent identifier for scientific and cultural objects
 * Ark Linux, a software distribution founded by Bernhard Rosenkränzer
 * Ark (search engine), a people search engine
 * Ark (software), an archiving tool
 * Hongmeng OS, an Android-compatible mobile operating system by Huawei
 * Archaeological Recording Kit, a database and GIS web-based recording system for archaeology

Other uses

 * Ark Prize of the Free Word, a literary prize
 * ARK (Atomska Ratna Komanda), a nuclear command bunker near Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Netherlands Court of Audit (Algemene Rekenkamer)
 * ARK (Access Research Knowledge), Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive