Magellan (disambiguation)

Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) was a Portuguese explorer known for leading the first circumnavigation of the Earth.

Magellan may also refer to:

People

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• Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan (1723–1790), Portuguese natural philosopher
• Murielle Magellan (born 1967), French writer and theater director

Places

• 4055 Magellan, an Amor asteroid
• Magellan Bay, Philippines
• Magellan's Cross, a geographic location in the Philippines
• Sea of Magellan, see Pacific Ocean
• Strait of Magellan, a geographic location in South America
• Magellan Rise, a suburb of Hamilton New Zealand

Geology

• Magellan Seamounts - Range in North West Pacific Ocean west of Marshall Islands.
• Magellan Rise - Oceanic Plateau east of the Marshall Islands
• North Magellan Rise - Ocean floor feature south west of Hawaii and east of the Marshall Islands

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and TV

• Magellan (film), a 2025 internationally co-produced epic historical drama film
• Magellan, a sequence of 24 short films by Hollis Frampton

Fictional entities

• Magellan, the survival space research vessel in the 2001 science fiction film Ice Planet
• Magellan, an interstellar ark or generation starship in Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction novel The Songs of Distant Earth

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Magellan (band), a progressive rock band
• "Magellan", a 1971 novelty rap song by Yoyoy Villame

Astronomy

• Magellan (spacecraft), a NASA uncrewed space mission to Venus
• Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile
• Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas, Chile
• Magellanic Clouds, or Clouds of Magellan

Brands and enterprises

• Magellan Aerospace, a Canadian aerospace manufacturer
• Magellan Corporation, a global distributor of specialty steel based out of Chicago, Illinois
• Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies, a political polling firm that serves Republican Party candidates and organizations
• Magellan Financial Group, an Australian investment manager
• Magellan Fund, a mutual fund offered by Fidelity Investments
• Magellan Midstream Partners, American oil pipeline corporation
• Magellan Navigation Inc, a maker of GPS equipment

Circumnavigation and exploration

• Order of Magellan, given by the Circumnavigators Club

Computing and technology

• Magellan (search engine), a forerunner of the Excite web portal
• Lotus Magellan, a file manager software

Transportation

• CMA CGM Magellan, a 2010 container ship
• Ferdinand Magellan (railcar), a former presidential rail car
• MS Magellan (ship, 1985), a former cruise ship

Other uses

• Magellan sheep dog, a dog originated in Chile

See also

• Magalhães, the Portuguese form of the name
• Magellana, a moth genus
• Magallanes (disambiguation), the Spanish form of the name
• Magellanic (disambiguation)