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El Capitan
El Capitan
El Capitan is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The granite monolith extends about from base to summit along its tallest face, and is one of the world's favorite challenges for rock climbers.The formation was...

is the name of a cliff in Yosemite Valley, California.

El Capitan ("The Captain", in Spanish) may refer to:

Bodies of water

  • El Capitan Reservoir
    El Capitan Reservoir
    El Capitan Reservoir is a reservoir in central San Diego County, California about 30 miles northeast of the city of San Diego and two miles north of the town of Alpine. The reservoir is formed by El Capitan Dam on the San Diego River and has a capacity of . The 237-foot dam is composed of...

    , also called El Capitan Lake, a reservoir in central San Diego County, California, United States

Entertainment

  • El Capitan (film)
    El Capitan (film)
    El Capitan is a film by filmmaker Fred Padula that captures one of the earliest ascents of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California, USA...

    , a film by Fred Padula of four climbers' trek up the cliff of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California
  • El Capitan (operetta)
    El Capitan (operetta)
    El Capitan is an operetta in three acts by John Philip Sousa and has a libretto by Charles Klein . The piece was Sousa's first successful operetta and his most successful stage work....

    , an operetta composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896
  • El Capitan (song)
    El Capitan (song)
    "El Capitan" is a song by Scottish rock band Idlewild, from their 2005 album Warnings/Promises. It was released as the third single from the album on 11 July 2005 and charted at #39 in the UK Singles Chart....

    , a song by Scottish indie band Idlewild
  • "El Capitan," a song by Californian based band OPM (band)
    OPM (band)
    OPM is a Southern California based ska punk band. OPM has a distinctive sound, combining hip hop, rock music, and pop with laid-back reggae.-Band history:...

  • El Capitan, a track featured in some games of the Gran Turismo series

Fictional characters

  • El Capitan (DuckTales), a villain from Disney's animated television series DuckTales

Mountains or rocks

  • El Capitan (Arizona)
    El Capitan (Arizona)
    Agathla Peak is a peak south of Monument Valley, Arizona, over 1500 feet high. It is north of Kayenta and is visible from U.S. Route 163. The English designation Agathla is derived from the Navajo name meaning 'much wool', apparently for the fur of antelope and deer accumulating on the rock...

    , a peak in Monument Valley in Arizona in the United States
  • El Capitan (San Diego), a peak in East County in San Diego County, California, United States
  • El Capitan (Montana), a peak in the Bitterroot Range
    Bitterroot Range
    The Bitterroot Range runs along the border of Montana and Idaho in the northwestern United States. The range spans an area of 62,736 square kilometers  and is named after the bitterroot , a small pink flower that is the state flower of Montana.- History :In 1805, the Corps of Discovery,...

     of western Montana in the United States
  • El Capitan (Texas)
    El Capitan (Texas)
    El Capitan is a peak in Culberson County, Texas, USA, within Guadalupe Mountains National Park. It is the eighth-highest peak in Texas, and rises abruptly out of the Chihuahuan Desert floor; it is considered the "signature peak" of West Texas....

    , a mountain in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas in the United States

  • El Capitan (Mars)
    El Capitan (Mars)
    El Capitan is a layered rock outcrop found on Mars by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in February 2004. The rock outcrop was named for El Capitan, a mountain in Texas.- External links :*...

    , a rock on Mars

Schools

  • El Capitan High School
    El Capitan High School
    El Capitan High School is a public, comprehensive secondary school located in Lakeside, California and serves students in grades nine through twelve...

    , part of the Grossmont Union High School District and serves Lakeside, California, United States
  • El Capitan (Arizona school), the public high school in Colorado City, Arizona

Transportation

  • El Capitan (ferry)
    El Capitan (ferry)
    El Capitan was a side-wheel steam-powered passenger ferry operated on San Francisco Bay. The ferry was built for the Central Pacific Railroad in 1868 in anticipation of completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. The ferry offered connecting service to San Francisco for train passengers...

    , a San Francisco Bay ferry operated by the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads from 1868 to 1925
  • El Capitan (train), a steamlined passenger train of the Santa Fe railroad
  • USS El Capitan (ID-1407)
    USS El Capitan (ID-1407)
    USS El Capitan was a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919. El Capitan was built as the commercial cargo ship SS California in 1917 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Newport News, Virginia. She soon was renamed SS Oliver J. Olsen and then SS El Capitan...

    , a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919

Soccer competition

  • Texas Derby
    Texas Derby
    The Texas derby is a soccer rivalry between Texas's two MLS teams, Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas, recognizing the best club in the state for the season. The two squads play a series of games with the series winner taking home El Capitán, a replica 18th century mountain howitzer cannon...

    , or the El Capitan series, an annual soccer competition between Texas teams Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas

See also

  • Captain (disambiguation)
  • Capitan (disambiguation)
  • Kapitan (disambiguation)
  • Kapitän
    Kapitän
    Kapitän is the German word for Captain. It is also a shortened version of several ranks in the German navy, ranging from Korvettenkapitän to Kapitän zur See. The general meaning is equivalent to Captain....

  • Katepano
    Katepano
    The katepánō was a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was Latinized as capetanus/catepan, and its meaning seems to have merged with that of the Italian "capitaneus"...

  • Il Capitano
    Il Capitano
    Il Capitano is a masked character from the commedia dell'arte. He is often an outside who can maintain his claims only by benefit of the fact that none of the locals know him. He is usually a Spaniard given the fact that for most of the late Renaissance to well into 17th century, Italy was under...

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