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Olympus (disambiguation)
Olympus can refer to:
- a Japanese optics company: see Olympus company
- Rolls-Royce Olympus, a jet engine and marine turbine
- several mountains:
- Home of the gods in Greek mythology: see Mount Olympus
- An extinct volcano on Mars and the largest known mountain in the solar system: see Olympus Mons
- Olympus in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus
- Olympus in the Greek island of Karpathos
- There are also as many as 18 other mountains by the same name, including ones in the Greek islands, Asia Minor, New Zealand, and 8 peaks in the United States (see table).
| Name | State | County | Coordinates | USGS 7.5' Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olympus | CA | San Diego | Pechanga | |
| Mount Olympus | CA | San Francisco | 37° 45′ 47″ N 122° 26′ 40″ W | San Francisco North |
| Mount Olympus | CO | Larimer | 40° 22′ 28″ N 105° 27′ 40″ W | Panorama Peak |
| Mount Olympus | HI | Honolulu | 21° 20′ 20″ N 157° 46′ 49″ W | Honolulu |
| Mount Olympus | KY | Bath | 38° 02′ 37″ N 083° 38′ 50″ W | Olympia |
| Mount Olympus | UT | Salt Lake | 40° 39′ 24″ N 111° 46′ 13″ W | Sugar House |
| Mount Olympus | VT | Windsor | 43° 49′ 31″ N 072° 44′ 40″ W | Bethel |
| Mount Olympus | WA | Jefferson | 47° 48′ 00″ N 123° 42′ 19″ W | Mount Olympus |
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