Magellan (disambiguation)

Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) was a Portuguese explorer.

Magellan may also refer to:

People

 * Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan (1723–1790), Portuguese natural philosopher
 * Murielle Magellan (born 1967), French writer and theater director

Places

 * 4055 Magellan, an Amor asteroid
 * Magellan Bay, Philippines
 * Magellan's Cross, a geographic location in the Philippines
 * Sea of Magellan, see Pacific Ocean
 * Strait of Magellan, a geographic location in South America
 * Magellan Rise, a suburb of Hamilton New Zealand

Geology

 * Magellan Seamounts - Range in North West Pacific Ocean west of Marshall Islands.
 * Magellan Rise - Oceanic Plateau east of the Marshall Islands
 * North Magellan Rise - Ocean floor feature south west of Hawaii and east of the Marshall Islands

Film and TV

 * Magellan, a sequence of 24 short films by Hollis Frampton

Fictional entities

 * Magellan, the survival space research vessel in the 2001 science fiction film Ice Planet
 * Magellan, an interstellar ark or generation starship in Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction novel The Songs of Distant Earth

Other arts, entertainment, and media

 * Magellan (band), a progressive rock band
 * "Magellan", a 1971 novelty song by Yoyoy Villame

Astronomy

 * Magellan (spacecraft), a NASA uncrewed space mission to Venus
 * Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile
 * Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas, Chile
 * Magellanic Clouds, or Clouds of Magellan

Brands and enterprises

 * Magellan Aerospace, a Canadian aerospace manufacturer
 * Magellan Corporation, a global distributor of specialty steel based out of Chicago, Illinois
 * Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies, a political polling firm that serves Republican Party candidates and organizations
 * Magellan Financial Group, an Australian investment manager
 * Magellan Fund, a mutual fund offered by Fidelity Investments
 * Magellan Midstream Partners, American oil pipeline corporation
 * Magellan Navigation Inc, a maker of GPS equipment

Circumnavigation and exploration

 * Order of Magellan, given by the Circumnavigators Club

Computing and technology

 * Magellan (search engine), a forerunner of the Excite web portal
 * Lotus Magellan, a file manager software

Transportation

 * CMA CGM Magellan, a 2010 container ship
 * Ferdinand Magellan (railcar), a former presidential rail car
 * MS Magellan (ship, 1985), a former cruise ship

Other uses

 * Magellan sheep dog, a dog originated in Chile