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El Capitan (accented Capitán, "The Captain" in Spanish) is the name of a rock formation in Yosemite National Park, California.
El Capitan may also refer to:
Locations
Agathla Peak , a peak south of Monument Valley, Arizona, is also known as El Capitan
Pike's Peak , previously named El Capitan by early Spanish explorers
El Capitan (Idaho) , a peak in the Sawtooth Range, Blaine County, Idaho
El Capitan (Mars) , a rock on the planet Mars
El Capitan (San Diego) , a peak in East County, California, US
El Capitan (Texas) , a mountain in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, US
El Capitan Dam , San Diego River, California, US
El Capitan Reservoir or Lake, a reservoir in central San Diego County, California, US
El Capitán State Beach , California, US
El Capitan (Montana) , a peak in the
Bitterroot Range of western Montana, US
El Capitan Pit ,
Prince of Wales Island ,
Alaska , the deepest limestone pit in the US
Buildings
Schools
Theatres
Transportation
SS El Capitan , a cargo ship of Southern Pacific Company's Atlantic Steamship Lines (Morgan Line), serving as USS El Capitan (ID-1407) briefly in World War I and finally lost in World War II after dispersal of Convoy PQ 17
SS El Capitan (1923) , a Design 1049 cargo ship, previously Meridan and later USS Majaba serving through World War II now a dive site in
Subic Bay, Philippines
El Capitan (ferry) , a San Francisco Bay ferry from 1868 to 1925
El Capitan (train) , a named passenger train
Films and TV
Music
Other uses
"El Capitan" (supercomputer) , located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
El Capitan Books , a publisher of independent comic books and graphic novels
OS X El Capitan , the twelfth major release of the Mac OS X operating system from Apple Inc.
Texas Derby , a.k.a. El Capitan series, an annual soccer competition between Texas teams Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas
El Capitan, a meteorite
See also
Topics referred to by the same term