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Places

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Overland, Missouri Overland is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 15,955 at the 2020 census. History The area south of the King's Road to St. Charles, Missouri, St. Charles was first settled in the ea ...
, a city in the United States *
Overland Park, Kansas Overland Park ( ) is the largest city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and the List of cities in Kansas#Highest population listing, second-most populous city in the state of Kansas. It is one of four principal city, principal cities in ...
, a city in the United States *
Overland Corner Overland Corner is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s east about north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about west of the municipal seat in Berri. It is located on the Murray River in the R ...
, South Australia, a settlement in Australia * Overland Lake (Nevada), a glacial lake in the United States *
Øverland, Bærum Øverland is an area in Bærum, Norway. Named after the local farm, Øverland is also known as a recreational area and for its arboretum. It has lent its name to the river Øverlandselva. Geography The area is located north of Haslum, west of ...
, an area in Norway


People

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Øverland (surname) Øverland is a Norwegian surname. As of 2013, 1,543 people in Norway have this surname. Notable people * Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968), Norwegian author * Erling Øverland (born 1952), Norwegian businessperson * Indra Øverland (born 1973), Norw ...
, a Norwegian surname *
Amanda Overland Amanda Overland (born August 30, 1981) is a Canadians, Canadian short track speed skating, short track speed skater who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is the sister of Kevin Overland and Cindy Overland, both Olympic Speed Skaters. ...
(born 1981), Canadian short track speed skater *
Kevin Overland Kevin Overland, or Kevin Crockett (born June 8, 1974) is a Canadians, Canadian former Olympic and ISU Speed Skating World Cup medallist and present-day Speed Skating Canada national sprint team coach. He won the Olympic bronze medal in the Speed ...
(born 1974), Canadian speedskater *
Simon Overland Simon James Overland (born 19 March 1962)
2 March 2009, www.premier.vic.gov.au
is the for ...
(born 1962), Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police (Australia) since March 2009 *
Steve Overland Steve Overland is a British singer/musician who was the lead vocalist and songwriter for the bands Wildlife, FM, The Ladder, Shadowman, and his own group, Overland. Most recently he has collaborated with Fates Warning guitarist, Jim Matheos, ...
, British singer and musician *
Volkert Overlander Volkert Overlander (also ''Volcker'' and ''Volckert Overlander''; 7 October 1570 – 18 October 1630) was a Dutch noble, jurist, ship-owner, merchant and an Amsterdam regent from the Dutch Golden Age. Biography Volkert Overlander was born in Amst ...
(1570–1630), Dutch noble and merchant


Transport

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Overland Trail The Overland Trail (also known as the Overland Stage Line) was a stagecoach and wagon trail in the American West during the 19th century. While portions of the route had been used by explorers and trappers since the 1820s, the Overland Trail w ...
, stagecoach line *
Overland train In the 1950s, LeTourneau Inc. developed several overland trains, essentially oversized semi-trailer trucks that could travel over almost any terrain. Their intention was to be able to handle logistics needs without being dependent on local road ...
, oversized off-road vehicle *
Overland Track The Overland Track is an Australian Backpacking (wilderness), bushwalking track, traversing Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. It is walked by more than nine thousand people each ye ...
, Australian hiking trail


Companies

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Overland Automobile The Overland Automobile Company was an American automobile manufacturer in Toledo, Ohio. It was the founding company of Willys-Overland and one of the earliest mass producers of automobiles. History The Overland Automobile department was foun ...
, the original name of the American company Willys-Overland * Overland Custom Coach, Canadian custom vehicle manufacturer *
Overland Airways Overland Airways is an airline based in Ikeja in Lagos State, Nigeria. Its main base is Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, with a hub at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. History The airline commenced operations in 20 ...
, Nigerian airline


Trains

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Overland Limited Overland Limited may refer to: Trains * Overland Limited (ATSF train), 1901–1915 * Overland Limited (UP train), 1895–1931 Films * The Overland Limited (1925 film), ''The Overland Limited'' (1925) * Several short films made in 1899 and 1901: ** ...
, a named train that traversed the United States along the original route of the
first transcontinental railroad America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad), Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the exis ...
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The Overland ''The Overland'' is an interstate passenger train service in Australia, travelling between the state capitals of Melbourne and Adelaide, a distance of 828 km (515 mi). It first ran in 1887 as the ''Adelaide Express'', known by Sout ...
'', the name used since 1926 for the inter-capital passenger train service that runs between Melbourne and Adelaide in Australia * The '' Overlander'', a former train service that ran between Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand * The ''
Overland Flyer The ''Overland Limited'' (also known at various times as the ''Overland Flyer'', ''San Francisco Overland Limited'', ''San Francisco Overland'' and often simply as the ''Overland'') was an American named passenger train which for much of its hist ...
'', one of the named passenger trains of the Union Pacific Railroad


Events

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Overland Campaign The Overland Campaign, also known as Grant's Overland Campaign and the Wilderness Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864, towards the end of the American Civil War. Lieutenant general (United States), Lt. G ...
, U.S. Civil War campaign *
Overland (Italian expedition) ''Overland'' or ''Overland World Truck Expedition'' is a documentary series about expeditions promoted and organized by Beppe Tenti. The documentaries are broadcast from 1996 on RAI 1, for a total of more than 150 episodes (replicated on several o ...
, a series of expeditions and documentaries *
Overland Relief Expedition The Overland Relief Expedition, also called the Alaska Relief Expedition or Point Barrow-Overland Relief Expedition, was an expedition in the winter of 1897–1898 by officers of the United States Revenue Cutter Service to save the lives of 265 w ...
, whaler rescue operation * The
Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition The 1955-56 Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition was a publicity effort by the Rover Company as manufacturer of the Land Rover Series I 86" Station Wagons. The station wagons were very different from the previous Tickford model, bein ...
, a 1955-6 journey undertaken in two Land Rovers from London to Singapore


Entertainment

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Land and Overland The ''Land and Overland'' trilogy is a group of three science fantasy novels by Northern Irish writer Bob Shaw. The trilogy consists of the books ''The Ragged Astronauts'' (published in 1986), ''The Wooden Spaceships'' (1988) and ''The Fugiti ...
fictional universe * ''Overland'' (magazine), an Australian literary and cultural magazine *
Overland Monthly The ''Overland Monthly'' was a monthly literary magazine, literary and cultural magazine, based in California, United States. It was founded in 1868 and published between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th centu ...
, a defunct U.S. magazine * ''
Overland with Kit Carson ''Overland with Kit Carson'' is a 1939 American Western serial film directed by Norman Deming and Sam Nelson and starring Bill Ellott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske and Bobby Clack. Plot When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward ...
'', a Western film serial from the United States * ''Overland'' (video game), a strategy video game


Other

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Overland Storage Overland Storage Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sphere 3D Corp. It has acquired Tandberg Data shortly before being acquired by Sphere 3D itself. The two subsidiaries were later rebranded under the common Overland-Tandberg brand. History ...
, a robotic tape library manufacturer, formerly known as ''Overland Data'' * Overland Telegraph Company, U.S. telegraph company *
Overland High School Overland High School is located in Aurora, Colorado, United States, and is part of the Cherry Creek School District. Overland High School is a comprehensive public, suburban, college-oriented institution. It is accredited by the North Central ...
in Aurora, Colorado * Overland, American clothing brand


See also

* Overland Expedition (disambiguation) * Overland Limited (disambiguation) * Overland Route (disambiguation) * Overlander (disambiguation) *
Overlanding Overlanding or 4WD Touring is self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, it is accomplished with mechanized off-road capable transport (from bicycles to trucks) wher ...
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Oberland (disambiguation) Oberland is a German language, German term and means Highlands. Consequently, it may refer to several places: Germany *Oberland am Rennsteig, Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany *Vogtländisches Oberland, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany *In East Prussia, t ...
* Oberlander *
Oorlams The Oorlam or Orlam people (also known as Orlaam, Oorlammers, Oerlams, or Orlamse Hottentots) are a subtribe of the Nama people, largely assimilated after their migration from the Cape Colony (today, part of South Africa) to Namaqualand and Dam ...
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