Triton commonly refers to: *

Triton (mythology) Triton (; ) is a Greek mythology, Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Triton lived with his parents in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he is often depicted as having a conch shell he would blow like a trumpe ...

, a Greek god *

Triton (moon) Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune. It is the only moon of Neptune massive enough to be list of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System, rounded under its own gravity and hosts a atmosphere of Triton, th ...

, a satellite of Neptune Triton may also refer to:

Biology

* Triton cockatoo, a parrot *

Triton (gastropod) ''Charonia'' is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the monotypic family Charoniidae. They are one of the few natural predators of the crown-of-thorns star ...

, a group of sea snails * ''Triton'', a synonym of '' Triturus'', a genus of newts

Companies

* Triton, a bass boat manufacturer * Triton (fashion), a Brazilian fashion brand owned by Colcci * Triton Airlines, a Canadian airline operating from 1993 to 1994 *

Triton Digital Triton Digital, LLC, formerly Triton Media Group, is a digital audio technology and advertising company based in the US, with offices in New York, Paris, Montreal, London, and more. The group was formerly owned by E. W. Scripps Company, which sold ...

* Triton Energy Limited, an American oil and natural gas exploration and production company *

Triton Media Group Triton Digital, LLC, formerly Triton Media Group, is a digital audio technology and advertising company based in the US, with offices in New York, Paris, Montreal, London, and more. The group was formerly owned by E. W. Scripps Company, which sol ...

, owner of radio stations *

Triton Showers Triton Showers is a British manufacturer of showers based in Warwickshire. History It was incorporated on 6 May 1975 as Triton (Aquatherm) Limited. It became Triton plc on 2 July 1982. Under the Companies Act 1985, it re-registered as a public ...

, the UK's largest manufacturer of electric showers *

Triton Submarines Triton Submarines is an American company that designs and manufactures submersibles for research, filming, deep-ocean exploration, and the superyacht and high-end tourism sectors. Triton is a bespoke manufacturer and, as of August 2023, fewer t ...

, an American manufacturer of private submarines * Triton Systems, a manufacturer of automated teller machines

Film and television

* ''Triton'' (1961 TV series), a BBC television adventure series * ''Triton'' (1968 TV series), a BBC television adventure series, remake of the earlier show

Fountains

Fontana del Tritone Fontana may refer to: Places Italy *Fontana Liri, comune in the Province of Frosinone *Fontanafredda, comune in the Province of Pordenone * Fontanarosa, comune in the Province of Avellino *Francavilla Fontana, comune in the Province of Brindisi ...

, Rome *

Fountain of the Tritons The Fountain of the Tritons (Italian: ''Fontana dei Tritoni'') is a fountain in Rome (Italy), Piazza Bocca della Verità, in front of the basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. This fountain should be distinguished from the similarly named nearby ...

, Rome, completed in 1715 *

Triton Fountain (Malta) The Tritons’ Fountain () is a fountain located in Floriana, Malta. It consists of three bronze Triton (mythology), Tritons holding up a large basin, balanced on a concentric base built out of concrete and clad in 730 tons of travertine slabs. ...

, Valletta, Malta, created in 1959

Literature

* ''Triton'' (collection), a 1949 collection of fantasy short stories by L. Ron Hubbard *

Triton (comics) Triton is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' #45 (December 1965). He belongs to the subspecies of humans called inhumans, ...

, a Marvel Comics character * ''Triton'' (novel), a 1976 novel by Samuel R. Delany * ''

Tritón (magazine) ''Tritón'' is a Mexican magazine dedicated to news, books and information on swimming, diving and water polo. See also *List of Mexican magazines The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Mexico. They a ...

'', a Mexican magazine dedicated to swimming, diving and water polo

Military and government

* , various Royal Navy vessels * ''Triton''-class submarine or T-class, a class of British vessels * , various US Navy vessels * , various Danish Navy vessels ** HDMS ''Triton'' (F358), a Danish Navy frigate ** HDMS ''Triton'' (1790), an earlier Danish frigate * RV ''Triton'', a trimaran vessel used by the Australian Custom Service, and formerly by the Royal Navy for research * USCGC ''Triton'', a list of US Coast Guard vessels ** USCGC ''Triton'' (WPC-116), a US Coast Guard patrol boat commissioned in 1934 *

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton is an American high-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed for and flown by the United States Navy and Royal Australian Air Force as a surveillance aircraft. Together with its associate ...

, a United States Navy unmanned aerial vehicle * Triton, a World War II encryption network using the

Enigma machine The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication. It was employed extensively by Nazi Germany during World War II, in all branches of the W ...

* ''Triton,'' a

Type 209 submarine The Type 209 () is a range of diesel-electric attack submarines developed exclusively for export by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany. Five class variants (Types 209/1100, 209/1200, 209/1300, 209/1400 and 209/1500), including modificatio ...

of the Hellenic Navy * , a class of Dutch diving support vessels * , various Dutch Navy vessels

People

* Tritón (wrestler) (born 1987), Mexican ''luchador enmascarado''

Characters

* King Triton, a character in ''The Little Mermaid'' * Luke Triton, a character in ''Professor Layton'' * Thomas Triton, a character in ''The Deptford Mice''

Mascots

* Triton, mascot of

Eckerd College Eckerd College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Founded in 1958, part of the campus is waterfront (area), waterfront and beach on Boca Ciega ...

* Triton, mascot of

Edmonds College Edmonds College, formerly Edmonds Community College, is a public community college in Lynnwood, Washington. More than 17,000 students annually take courses for credit toward a certificate or degree at the college. The college employs more than 1, ...

* Triton, mascot of Pacifica High School (Oxnard, California) * Triton, mascot of

Mariner High School (Cape Coral, Florida) Mariner High School is located in Cape Coral, Florida in the Lee County School District and is home to the Fightin' Tritons. The school is located at 701 Chiquita Boulevard North and serves students from Cape Coral, the neighboring villages on ...

* Triton, mascot of

San Clemente High School (San Clemente, California) San Clemente High School is a high school in southern Orange County, California, in the town of San Clemente. San Clemente High's attendance boundaries include the City of San Clemente and parts of Capistrano Beach and San Juan Capistrano. The ...

* Triton, mascot of the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego in communications material, formerly and colloquially UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California, United States. Es ...

* Triton, mascot of the

University of Guam University of Guam () (U.O.G.) is a public university, public land-grant university in Mangilao, Guam. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and offers thirty-four degree programs at the undergraduate level and ele ...

* Triton, mascot of the

University of Missouri–St. Louis The University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) is a Public university, public research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Established in 1963, it is the newest of the four universities in the University of Missouri System. Located ...

Places

* Triton Point, a point on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica * Triton, Newfoundland and Labrador, a village in Canada *

Triton Bay Triton Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Norwegian Bay off Devon Island's Grinnell Peninsula. To the northwest is Bere Bay. References * Triton Bay, Nunavut at Atlas of Canada The Atlas of ...

, an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada *

Triton River The Triton River in Boeotia, Greece ran into Lake Copais. The towns of Athenae and Eleusis were located on the river and were both destroyed in an inundation. A temple to Athena Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ...

, a river flowing into

Lake Copais Lake Copais, also spelled Kopais or Kopaida (; ), was a lake in the centre of Boeotia, Greece, west of Thebes. It was first drained in the Bronze Age, and drained again in the late 19th century. It is now flat dry land and is still known as Kop ...

, Greece * Triton Bay,

Kaimana Kaimana is a district and a small port town in West Papua, Indonesia, and the capital of the Kaimana Regency. The district had a population of 44,332 in mid-2022, while the town had 16,718 and Krooy (the other ''kelurahan'' in the district) had ...

, West Papua, Indonesia *

Triton Island Triton Island (; ) is the westernmost and southernmost of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. It is located on the southwest corner of Triton Reef and has an area of above sea-level. The reef including the island measures about in are ...

, a Paracel Island in the South China Sea

Schools

Triton High School (disambiguation) Triton High School may refer to: *Triton Junior–Senior High School, Bourbon, Indiana *Triton Regional High School (Massachusetts), Byfield, Massachusetts *Triton Senior High School, Dodge Center, Minnesota *Triton Regional High School (New Jersey ...

Triton Regional High School (New Jersey) Triton Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Bellmawr, Gloucester Township and Runnemede, three communities in Camden County, in the U.S. state ...

, a high school in Runnemede, New Jersey *

Triton College Triton College is a Public college, public community college in River Grove, Illinois. History Junior College District 300 was voted into existence in a referendum in March 1964. In March 1965, a second referendum was passed approving the purch ...

, Illinois, United States * Triton Regional School District, a school district in Massachusetts, United States

Sport

UC San Diego Tritons The UC San Diego Tritons are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of California, San Diego. The Tritons compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big West Conference (BWC). ...

, an athletic sports team for the University of California, San Diego * Tampa Bay Tritons, a defunct professional roller hockey team * Triton Financial Classic, a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 2003 to 2009 *

UMSL Tritons The University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) Tritons are the athletic programs representing the University of Missouri–St. Louis, located in St. Louis, Missouri, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the Division II ranks of the National C ...

, University of Missouri–St. Louis athletic squad * White Rock Tritons, a youth baseball team in South Surrey, British Columbia, Canada * Seigneurie du Triton, a hunting and fishing club in Quebec, Canada

Technology

Triton (content delivery) Triton was a digital delivery and digital rights management service created by Digital Interactive Streams, which abruptly went out of business in early October 2006. Triton was a new competitor in the rapidly growing market for electronic distri ...

, a digital delivery and digital rights management service until 2006 * Triton disk drive, a product that allows 2.8-inch floppy disks to be read on various home computers * E Ink Triton, an electronic paper technology *

Korg Triton The Korg Triton is a music workstation synthesizer, featuring digital sampling and sequencing, released in 1999. It uses Korg's "HI (Hyper Integrated) Synthesis" system and was eventually available in several model variants with numerous upgrade o ...

, a music workstation synthesizer * Triton chipset, an Intel Pentium chipset *

Triton X-100 Triton X-100 (''n'') is a nonionic surfactant that has a hydrophilic polyethylene oxide chain (on average it has 9.5 ethylene oxide units) and an aromatic hydrocarbon lipophilic or hydrophobic group. The hydrocarbon group is a 4-( 1,1,3,3-tetr ...

, a nonionic surfactant * TRITON, a

SODAR Sodar, an acronym of sonic detection and ranging, is a meteorological instrument used as a wind profiler based on the Wave scattering, scattering of sound waves by atmospheric turbulence. Sodar equipment is used to measure wind speed at various ...

system for measuring sound wave scattering * AIM Triton, a version of the

AOL Instant Messenger AOL Instant Messenger (AIM, sometimes stylized as aim) was an instant messaging and presence information computer program created by AOL. It used the proprietary OSCAR protocol, OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow us ...

software * Triton, a line of GPS receivers manufactured by

Magellan Navigation Magellan Navigation, Inc. is an American producer of consumer and professional grade global positioning system receivers, named after Ferdinand Magellan, the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe. Headquartered in San Dimas, California, wit ...

* Triton (malware), used to attack the Triconex control system at a power plant *

Triton (programming language) OpenAI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) organization founded in December 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It aims to develop "safe and beneficial" artificial general intelligence (AGI), which it defines ...

a Python-based programming language for use in AI projects developed by OpenAI

Vehicles

Air

Sikorsky S-61T Triton The Sikorsky S-61L and S-61N are civil variants of the SH-3 Sea King military helicopter. They were developed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. The commercial version of the Sea King was developed during th ...

, a helicopter *

Sud-Ouest Triton The Sud-Ouest SO.6000 Triton is an early experimental French jet aircraft. It has the distinction of being the first indigenously-designed jet-powered aircraft to be flown by the nation, having been designed and manufactured during the 1940s by t ...

, a jet aircraft * Micronautix Triton, a 4-6 place flight experience aircraft * ''Triton'', the Super Constellation airliner involved in the KLM Flight 633 crash

Land

Mitsubishi Triton The Mitsubishi Triton or Mitsubishi L200 is a mid-size pickup truck produced by Mitsubishi Motors. In Japan, where it has only been sold intermittently and in small numbers, it was originally known as the Mitsubishi Forte and from 1991 as the ...

, a pickup truck *

Triton motorcycle Triton motorcycles were hybrid motor cycles built from the 1950s to the 1970s that involved fitting Triumph Engineering, Triumph engines into Norton Motorcycle Company, Norton frames. Because no factory offered Triton motorcycles, they were typ ...

, a hybrid Triumph–Norton motorcycle of the 1960s-1970s * Ford Triton engine

Sea

* ''Triton'' (steamboat), a vessel that operated on Lake Washington in the first part of the 20th century * MV ''Coral'', formerly ''Triton'', a cruise ship from 1991 to 2004 * Pearson Triton, a sailboat * Triton 22, an American sailboat design * Triton 24 sailing yacht, a sloop manufactured in Sydney, Australia, throughout the 1980s * Triton 25, an American sailboat design

Other uses

* Triton (physics), the nucleus of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen *

Triton (chamber music society) Triton was a Paris-based chamber music society founded by Pierre-Octave Ferroud to promote new music. Its executive committee consisted of composers, including Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Bohuslav Martinů and Sergei Prokof ...

, a chamber music society founded in Paris 1932 by Pierre-Octave Ferroud *

Triton (demogroup) Triton (TRN) was a demogroup active in the PC demoscene from 1992 to about 1996. History Triton's first demo, ''Crystal Dream'', was released in the summer of 1992 and won the PC demo competition at the Hackerence V demo party. Their second an ...

, a demo group active in the PC demoscene from 1992 to about 1996 * Triton (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional species in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game * Triton (fairy chess piece), a combined Rook and Locust * Energy-Quest ''Triton Expedition'', a deep sea voyage *

Operation Triton Operation Triton was an operation conducted by Frontex, the European Union's border security agency. The operation, under Italian control, began on 1 November 2014 and ended on 1 February 2018 when it was replaced by Operation Themis. It invol ...

, a border security operation in the Mediterranean Sea *

, a wetting agent * Triton Knoll, a proposed offshore wind farm off the coast of Lincolnshire, England, UK * Triton Light, a navigational beacon on the seawall of the United States Naval Academy, US *

Triton Museum of Art The Triton Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum located at 1505 Warburton Avenue in Santa Clara, California. History The museum was founded in 1965 in San Jose, California, by rancher, lawyer and art patron W. Robert Morgan and his wife ...

, a museum in Santa Clara, California, US * Triton City, a concept for a floating city proposed by

Buckminster Fuller Richard Buckminster Fuller (; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing more t ...