Obelisk (disambiguation)

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An obelisk is a tall, four-sided monument.

Obelisk may also refer to:

In business and education

Obelisk International, a private investment company
Obelisk Press, a Paris publisher
Obelisk SRC, a learning-management system

In geography

Obelisk Beach, a beach in New South Wales, Australia
Obelisk Col, a mountain pass on James Ross Island in Antarctica
Obelisk Mountain, a mountain in Antarctica
Obelisk Hill, a former name of Monument Hill, the site of the Fremantle War Memorial
Obelisk Islet, an island in the Torres Strait in Queensland, Australia

In media and entertainment

In fiction

Obelisk, a fictional weapon in the game Command and Conquer
Obelisk the Tormentor, a Yu-Gi-Oh! God card
"The Obelisk", a minicomic in the Masters of the Universe comic line

In music

The Obelisk, a predecessor of the alternative band The Cure
"Obelisk", a song by the metalcore band Northlane from the album Node

In art

"The Obelisk", a painting by Hubert Robert (1733-1808)

In transportation

Obelisk ship, a type of ship historically used to transport obelisks

In other uses

Obelisk (hieroglyph), an Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph
Dagger (†), a punctuation mark also called an "obelisk"
Obelisk posture, a position that some dragonflies and damselflies assume to avoid overheating

See also

Monolith
Obelism
Obelix, a character in the Asterix comic strips
Obelus, a symbol (÷) which is distinct from the symbol called obelisk or dagger
Stele

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