Bok or BOK may refer to:

Places

Bok (lunar crater) Bok is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located on the Far side (Moon), far side of the Moon. To the southeast is the crater Sniadecki (crater), Sniadecki; to the north is McKellar (crater), McKellar, and further to the west is De ...

, on the Moon's far side *

Bok (Martian crater) Bok is a crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars. It was named after a town in New Guinea in 1976. Bok is famous for showing clear evidence that it was affected by floods of water from Ares Vallis on Mars.Bok, Khash, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Bok, Orašje, a village near Orašje, Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina *

1983 Bok 1983 Bok ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a dark background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 9 June 1975, by American astronomer Elizabeth Roemer at the Catalina Station of the UA's Steward Observator ...

, an asteroid *

Brookings Airport Brookings Airport is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Brookings, a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Ai ...

, IATA code BOK

People

* Bok (surname) * Johannes

Bok de Korver Johannes Marius ("Bok") de Korver (27 January 1883 in Rotterdam – 22 October 1957 in Rotterdam) was a football player from the Netherlands, who twice won a bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team at the Summer Olympics: in ...

(1883–1957), Dutch footballer * Bok van Blerk (born Louis Andreas Pepler, 1978), South African musician

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Bok, the title of the Vahnatai leaders in the '' Avernum'' video games * Bok, an animated gargoyle from the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''

The Dæmons ''The Dæmons'' is the fifth and final serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in five weekly parts on BBC1 from 22 May to 19 June 1971. In the serial, the alien ...

Businesses

* Bank of Kaohsiung, a commercial bank in Taiwan *

Bank of Khartoum Bank of Khartoum (BOK), is the largest bank in Sudan. With some 111 or more branches, it is also the commercial bank with the oldest continuous history in the country. The largest single shareholder is Dubai Islamic Bank. In 2011, the government ...

, a commercial bank in Sudan *

Bank of Khyber The Bank of Khyber ( ) is a provincial government bank owned by Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and based in Peshawar, Pakistan, with 260 branches all over the country. History It was set up as a state-owned, regional bank in 1991 along with t ...

, a provincial government-owned bank in Peshawar, Pakistan *

Bank of Korea The Bank of Korea (BOK; ) is the central bank of South Korea and issuer of South Korean won. It was established on 12 June 1950 in Seoul, South Korea. The bank's primary purpose is price stability. For that, the bank inflation targeting, targ ...

, the South Korean central bank *

BOK Financial Corporation BOK Financial Corporation — pronounced as letters, "B-O-K" — is a financial services holding company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Offering a full complement of retail and commercial banking products and services across the American Midw ...

, headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Science and technology

BOK (gene) Bok (Bcl-2 related ovarian killer) is a protein-coding gene of the Bcl-2 family that is found in many invertebrates and vertebrates. It induces apoptosis, a special type of cell death. Currently, the precise function of Bok in this process is unkn ...

, full name BCL2-related ovarian killer *

Bok globule In astronomy, Bok globules are isolated and relatively small dark nebulae containing dense cosmic dust and gas from which star formation may take place. Bok globules are found within H II regions, and typically have a mass of about two to 50 sol ...

, dark clouds of dense cosmic dust *

Bok Prize The Bok Prize is awarded annually by the Astronomical Society of Australia and the Australian Academy of Science to recognise outstanding research in astronomy by honoring a student at an Australian university. The prize consists of the Bok Medal ...

, awarded by the Astronomical Society of Australia *

Bok Telescope The Bok Telescope (also known as the 90-inch) is the largest telescope operated solely by Steward Observatory. It finds much use from astronomers from University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University, with instrumen ...

, Arizona, United States

Other uses

Body of knowledge A body of knowledge (BOK or BoK) is the complete set of concepts, terms and activities that make up a professional domain, as defined by the relevant learned society or professional association.Oliver, G.R. (2012). ''Foundations of the Assumed Bus ...

, the complete set of concepts, terms and activities that make up a professional domain *

BOK Center BOK Center, or Bank of Oklahoma Center, is a 19,199-seat multi-purpose arena and a primary indoor sports and event venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The two current permanent tenants are the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL and the Tulsa Oiler ...

, an arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States *

Derek Bok Public Service Prizes The Derek Bok Public Service Prize is one of the prizes awarded by Harvard University during the annual commencement which happens in May. The award which is a cash prize along with a citation, medal given to graduating Harvard Extension School stu ...

, awarded at Harvard University, United States *

Edward W. Bok Technical High School The Edward W. Bok Technical High School was a public high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Irwin T. Catharine and named after literary figure Edward William Bok, editor of the Ladies' Home Journal. It was completed in February ...

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States * Bok, an alternative spelling of

Bock Bock () is a strong German beer, usually a dark lager. History The style now known as ''Bock'' was first brewed in the 14th century in the Hanseatic town of Einbeck in Lower Saxony. The style was later adopted in Bavaria by Munich brewers ...