Thule (disambiguation)

Thule (UK: /ˈθjli/ THEW-lee, US: /ˈθli/ THOO-lee, /ˈtli/ TOO-lee) was, in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography, a semi-mythical place located in the far north, usually an island. Thule may also refer to:

People

Places

  • Thule, Greenland
  • Thule Harbor, Greenland
  • Thule Island, in the South Sandwich Islands
  • Thule Islands, a group of Antarctic islands
  • Mount Thule, Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada; a mountain
  • 279 Thule, an asteroid
  • Thule, the smaller lobe of the trans-Neptunian object 486958 Arrokoth, nicknamed Ultima Thule at the time of the New Horizons flyby

Fictional locations

  • Thule, a fictional version of Greenland in the Kinderen van Moeder Aarde novels by Thea Beckman

Companies and organizations

  • Thule Group, a Sweden-based company which designs and manufactures outdoor and cargo products
  • Thule Society, a German occultist group and forerunner of the Nazi Party
  • White Order of Thule, an American white supremacist group

Military

Other uses

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Thule
  • All pages with titles beginning with Thule
  • 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
  • Thulegate, a political scandal involving nuclear weapons
  • Ultima Thule (disambiguation)
  • Thyle, a court position
  • Taake, a black metal band from Norway formerly known as Thule.
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