Olympus or Olympos () may refer to:

Mountains

In antiquity

Greece

Mount Olympus Mount Olympus (, , ) is an extensive massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, between the regional units of Larissa (regional unit), Larissa and Pieria (regional ...

in Thessaly, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology * Mount Olympus (Lesvos), located in Lesbos * Mount Olympus (Euboea), located in Euboea * Mount Olympus (Attica), located in East Attica *

Mount Olympus (Skyros) Mount Olympus (, , ) is an extensive massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, between the regional units of Larissa and Pieria, about southwest from Thessaloniki. Mount Olympus ha ...

, located in

Skyros Skyros (, ), in some historical contexts Romanization of Greek, Latinized Scyros (, ), is an island in Greece. It is the southernmost island of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC, the island was known as ...

Mount Lykaion Mount Lykaion (, ''Lýkaion Óros''; ) is a mountain in Arcadia, Greece. Lykaion has two peaks: ''Stefani'' to the north and St. Ilias (, ''Agios Īlías'') to the south where the altar of Zeus is located.Cook, A.B. ''Zeus'', 81. 1914. The nort ...

, located in Arcadia

Turkey

Mysian Olympus Mysians (; , ''Mysoí'') were the inhabitants of Mysia, a region in northwestern Asia Minor. Origins according to ancient authors Their first mention is by Homer, in his list of Trojans allies in the Iliad, and according to whom the Mysians fou ...

(present-day Uludağ), in northwest Turkey *

Paphlagonia Paphlagonia (; , modern translit. ''Paflagonía''; ) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus (region), Pontus to the east, and separated from Phrygia (later, Galatia ...

n Olympus (present-day Arıt Dağı near Bartın) *

Mount Nif Mount Nif, , (elevation: ) is a mountain in the district of Kemalpaşa, towering over the district center (formerly also called Nif), located immediately to the east of the city of İzmir, in western Turkey. It was one of the nineteen mountains ...

(present-day Nif Dağı in Aegean Turkey) * Lycian Olympus (present-day Tahtalı Dağı near Kemer)

Cyprus

Mount Olympus (Cyprus) Olympus, or Chionistra, ( ''or'' Χιονίστρα; ) at , is the highest point in Cyprus. It is located in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. Mount Olympus peak and the "Troodos Square" fall under the territory of Platres in Limassol Distric ...

, the highest point (1952 m) on the island of Cyprus

In modern times

United States

Mount Olympus (Washington) Mount Olympus, at , is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. Located on the Olympic Peninsula, it is also a central feature of Olympic National Park. Mount Olympus ...

, on the Olympic Peninsula *

Mount Olympus (Utah) Mount Olympus in the U.S. state of Utah is one of the most prominent and recognizable mountains visible from practically every location in the Salt Lake Valley. Mount Olympus is not the tallest peak along the Wasatch range, Wasatch Front, but ...

, on the Wasatch Front * Mount Olympus (San Francisco), in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood

New Zealand

* Mount Olympus, the 2,096-meter mountain range, which contains Mount Olympus Ski Area, located in the South Island of New Zealand

Solar System

Olympus Mons Olympus Mons (; ) is a large shield volcano on Mars. It is over high as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), about 2.5 times the elevation of Mount Everest above sea level. It is Mars's tallest volcano, its tallest planetary mou ...

(Mars), the tallest known volcano and mountain in the Solar System

Communities

Greece

Olympos, Karpathos Olympos () is a village and a former self-governing community on the island of Karpathos, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Karpathos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in ...

, a town on the island of Karpathos *

Dio-Olympos Dion-Olympos (, ''Díon-Ólympos'') is a municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Litochoro. The municipality has an area of 495.314 km2. Municipality The municipality Dion-Oly ...

, Pieria, a municipal unit in the foothills of the mythic Mount Olympus

Turkey

Olympos (Lycia) Olympus or Olympos (, ''Ólympos''; ) was a city in ancient Lycia. It was situated in a river valley near the coast. Its ruins are located south of the modern town Çıralı in the Kumluca district of Antalya Province, southwestern Turkey. Togeth ...

, village in the heart of the Olympos coastal national park

United States

Mount Olympus, Los Angeles Mt. Olympus is a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills area of the city of Los Angeles, California. Considered a subdistrict of Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, Laurel Canyon, the neighborhood is known for its upscale housing and wide streets. Mt. Oly ...

, a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills, California *

Mount Olympus, Indiana Mount Olympus is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northw ...

, an unincorporated place *

Mount Olympus, Utah Mount Olympus or Olympus Cove is a neighborhood in Millcreek, Utah built on the northwestern slopes of Mount Olympus of the Wasatch Range. It was formerly a census-designated place (CDP), but was consolidated into the Millcreek CDP for census pu ...

, a census-designated place

Business

Olympus Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products, headquartered in Hachioji, Tokyo. Olympus was established in 1919, initially specializing in microscopes and thermometers, and later in imaging. Olympus holds roughly a 70 percent sh ...

, a Japanese medical and scientific solution company, that previously produced optics and imaging *

OM Digital Solutions OM Digital Solutions Corporation (OMDS) (OMデジタルソリューションズ) is a Japanese manufacturer of opto-digital products for business and consumer use, branded OM System. The company acquired the camera, audio recorder and binocular ...

, formed when

split off its photography and audio recording businesses *

Olympus tension leg platform Olympus is a tension leg platform oil rig, planned as a further development of the Mars field (hence "Mars B"). Design Olympus is a Tension Leg Platform, with 24 wells; added to Mars A, this means a combined 48 wells and more than per day of oi ...

, an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico *

Rolls-Royce Olympus The Rolls-Royce Olympus (originally the Bristol B.E.10 Olympus) was the world's second two- spool axial-flow turbojet aircraft engine design, first run in May 1950 and preceded only by the Pratt & Whitney J57, first-run in January 1950. It i ...

, a jet engine and marine turbine * Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin * Olympus, a codename for the third version of phpBB, phpBB3

Entertainment

* ''Olympos'' (novel), a science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons *

Olympus Rally The Olympus Rally is an event in the motorsport of rallying. While it has usually been run as a national rally, in 1986–1988, it was a round in the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA World Rally Championship, the most recent time a ...

, a motorsport event in the Washington State, USA *

Olympus (Marvel Comics) The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several noteworthy concepts besides its fictional characters, such as unique places and artifacts. There follows a list of those features. Places Certain places fe ...

, a fictional location in Marvel Comics * ''Olympus'' (TV series), a 2015 Canadian fantasy television series * Mount Olympus, a major location in the 1997 Disney animated film

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

Other

Olympus (musician) Olympus (or Olympos, ) is the name of two ancient Greece, ancient Greek musicians, one mythical who lived before the Trojan War and purportedly introduced instrumental music into Greece,(ed. ) and one apparently real, who lived in the 7th century ...

, two semi-mythical musicians from the time of Ancient Greece *

Olympus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Olympus (Ancient Greek: Ὄλυμπος means 'sky') was the Thespian son of Heracles and Euboea, daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. Mythology Olympus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who wer ...

, son of Heracles and Euboea in Greek mythology * ''Olympus'' (sculpture), a public artwork by Charles Ginnever in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US *

Olympus High School Olympus High School is a public high school in the Granite School District in Holladay, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Description The school opened on September 1, 1953, with an original enrollment of 1028 students. In the fall of 1960, th ...

, a high school in Utah, USA * USS ''Mount Olympus'' (AGC-8), a World War II US Navy ship * Olympus-1, damaged and decommissioned communications satellite *

Optare Olympus The Optare Olympus (introduced in 2006 as the East Lancs Olympus) is a double-decker bus built by Optare, East Lancs and Darwen. It could be built as a body available on Alexander Dennis Enviro400, Volvo B9TL or Scania N230UD/N270UD chas ...

, a British double-decker bus * ''Olympus'', a New Zealand company sailing ship the brought 159 settlers to Wellington, New Zealand, in 1840 * ''Olympus'', an alternate name for Bigelow Aerospace's

BA 2100 The BA 2100, or ''Olympus'', was a conceptual inflatable space habitat by Bigelow Aerospace. The larger BA 2100 would extend the volume and capabilities of the B330 module, which is under development as part of the Bigelow Commercial Space ...

spacecraft * FC Olimp Ungheni, the name of the Moldovan football club CS Moldova-03 Ungheni during 2008–2011

Mountains

In antiquity

Greece

Turkey

Cyprus

In modern times

United States

New Zealand

Solar System

Communities

Greece

Turkey

United States

Business

Entertainment

Other

See also