El Capitan (disambiguation)

El Capitan (accented Capitán, "The Captain" in Spanish) is the name of a rock formation in Yosemite National Park, California.

El Capitan may also refer to:

Locations

 * Agathla Peak, a peak south of Monument Valley, Arizona, is also known as El Capitan
 * Pike's Peak, previously named El Capitan by early Spanish explorers
 * El Capitan (Idaho), a peak in the Sawtooth Range, Blaine County, Idaho
 * El Capitan (Mars), a rock on the planet Mars
 * El Capitan (San Diego), a peak in East County, California, US
 * El Capitan (Texas), a mountain in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, US
 * El Capitan Dam, San Diego River, California, US
 * El Capitan Reservoir or Lake, a reservoir in central San Diego County, California, US
 * El Capitán State Beach, California, US
 * El Capitan (Montana), a peak in the Bitterroot Range of western Montana, US
 * El Capitan Pit, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, the deepest limestone pit in the US

Schools

 * El Capitan (Arizona school), a public high school in Colorado City, Arizona
 * El Capitan High School, Lakeside, California
 * El Capitan High School, Merced, California

Theatres

 * El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood, California
 * Playhouse Theatre (Portland, Oregon), formerly El Capitan Theatre
 * El Capitan Theatre and Hotel, San Francisco, California
 * El Capitan Entertainment Centre, formerly Hollywood Masonic Temple, Hollywood, California

Transportation

 * SS El Capitan, a cargo ship of Southern Pacific Company's Atlantic Steamship Lines (Morgan Line), serving as USS El Capitan (ID-1407) briefly in World War I and finally lost in World War II after dispersal of Convoy PQ 17
 * SS El Capitan (1923), a Design 1049 cargo ship, previously Meridan and later USS Majaba serving through World War II now a dive site in Subic Bay, Philippines
 * El Capitan (ferry), a San Francisco Bay ferry from 1868 to 1925
 * El Capitan (train), a named passenger train

Films and TV

 * El Capitan (film), a 1978 film directed and produced by Fred Padula
 * El Capitan (DuckTales), a villain from Disney's animated television series DuckTales

Music

 * El Capitan (operetta), composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896
 * "El Capitan" (march), comprising themes from the Sousa operetta
 * "El Capitan" (Idlewild song), by Scottish indie band Idlewild
 * "El Capitan" (OPM song), a song by Californian-based band OPM
 * El Capitan, album by Tony Pabón 1974
 * El Capitan, album by Utah Phillips 1975
 * "El Capitán", mambo by Tony Pabón

Other uses

 * "El Capitan" (supercomputer), located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
 * El Capitan Books, a publisher of independent comic books and graphic novels
 * OS X El Capitan, the twelfth major release of the Mac OS X operating system from Apple Inc.
 * Texas Derby, a.k.a. El Capitan series, an annual soccer competition between Texas teams Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas
 * El Capitan, a meteorite