Lander may refer to:
Media and entertainment
*
''Lander'' (computer game), computer game published by Psygnosis in 1999
*
''Lander'' (game demo), the 3D game demo provided with the Acorn Archimedes computer
*
Lander (Transformers)
is a Japanese Transformers line of toys and anime series that ran from April 12, 1988 to March 7, 1989 for 42 episodes. On July 3, 2006 the series was released on DVD in the UK, and it was aired on AnimeCentral in the UK a few years later. ...
, a fictional character in the ''Transformers'' series
*
''Lunar Lander'' (arcade game), an arcade game
*
''Lunar Lander'' (video game series), one of several video games
Places
;United States
*
Lander College for Men
The Lander College for Men is a private men's division of Touro University System located in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York City. Its stated goal is to provide a college curriculum while maintaining a traditional Yeshiva environment. Gene ...
, a Jewish college in New York
*
Lander County, Nevada
Lander County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,734. Its county seat is Battle Mountain.
History
Lander County was created in 1862 as the result of a mining boom on the Reese River along the ...
, United States
*
Lander Crossing, California, United States
*
Lander, Maryland
Lander is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Lock 29 on the C&O Canal is located in Lander.
References
Unincorporated communities in Frederick County, Maryland
Unincorporated communities in Marylan ...
, United States
*
Lander, Pennsylvania
Lander is an unincorporated community in Farmington Township in Warren County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appal ...
, United States
*
Lander University
Lander University is a public university in Greenwood, South Carolina.
Campus and housing
Lander University is located approximately one half-mile from uptown Greenwood, South Carolina. The main campus sits on 190 acres of land, though this d ...
, a public university in South Carolina
*
Lander, Wyoming
Lander is a city in Wyoming, United States, and the county seat of Fremont County. It is in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River, just south of the Wind River Indian Reservation. It is a tourism center with several near ...
, United States
;Venezuela
*
Lander Municipality
Lander is one of the 21 municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 135,739. ...
Science
*
Benthic lander
Benthic landers are observational platforms that sit on the seabed or benthic zone to record physical, chemical or biological activity. The landers are autonomous and have deployment durations from a few days (for biological studies) to several ...
, oceanographic measuring platform which sits on the seabed or benthic zone
*
Lander (crater)
Lander is a lunar impact crater that is located just to the north-northeast of the prominent Tsiolkovskiy, on the far side
''The Far Side'' is a single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Chronicle Features and then Unive ...
, lunar crater
*
Lander (spacecraft)
A lander is a spacecraft that descends towards, comes to rest on, the surface of an astronomical body. In contrast to an impact probe, which makes a hard landing that damages or destroys the probe upon reaching the surface, a lander makes a ...
, type of spacecraft, designed for descending the surface of an astronomical body
Other uses
*
Lander (surname) Lander is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anton Lander (born 1991), Swedish ice hockey player
* Bernard Lander (1915–2010), Founder of Touro College
* Brad Lander (living), American politician
* Bruce Lander (born 1946), J ...
*
Lander (foreigner)
In law, an alien is any person (including an organization) who is not a citizen or a national of a specific country, although definitions and terminology differ to some degree depending upon the continent or region. More generally, however, ...
, a foreigner
See also
*
Länder
Länder (singular Land) or Bundesländer (singular Bundesland) is the name for (federal) states in two German-speaking countries. It may more specifically refer to:
* States of Austria, the nine federal subdivisions of Austria
* States of Germany, ...
*
Landers (disambiguation)
Landers may refer to:
People
* Landers (surname), a list of people surnamed Landers (including fictional people)
Places
* Landers, California, United States
* Landers Peaks, group of peaks in the northern portion of Alexander Island, Antar ...
*
Flatlander (disambiguation)
Flatlander may refer to:
* "Flatlander" (short story), a 1967 story by Larry Niven
* ''Flatlander'' (short story collection), a 1975 collection of short stories by Larry Niven
* Flatlander (Niven), a term used in Larry Niven's works
* A charact ...
*
Outlander (disambiguation)
{{Disambiguation, geo