End of the world

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The end of the world is a phrase used to most commonly refer to the death of all life on planet earth. When used, an individual could be explaining the result of a catastrophe. For example, an asteroid colliding with earth could result in the end of the world.

End of the world may also refer to:

• The ultimate fate of the universe, in cosmology
• The end of planet Earth, ultimate fate of planet Earth
• The end of civilization, doomsday scenarios of the end of civilization, humanity or the planet.
• Eschatology and end times, the end of the world in religious prophecy and mythology
• The end of the world (philosophy), the notion that certain ideas could result in the "end of the world"
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, a common subject in fiction

Popular culture references to the end of the world include:

• Happy End of the World, a 1995 Album by Pizzicato Five
• Smile, It's The End of the World, an album by Hawk Nelson
• End of the World (album), 1968 Aphrodite's Child's album
• End of the World (film), a 1977 film by John Hayes
• The End of the World (song), a major pop hit of the 1960's by Skeeter Davis
• End of the World (The Cure song), a song by The Cure
• End of the World Animation, a popular flash video depicting the humorously modern nuclear crisis.
• The End of the World (Doctor Who), the second episode of the 2005 television series Doctor Who
• The End of the World, the English title of the Danish film Verdens Undergang
• Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, a novel by Haruki Murakami
• It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine), a song by R.E.M.
• Le Phare du bout du monde ("The Light at the Edge of the World"), a novel by Jules Verne inspired by the lighthouse on Isla de los Estados
  • The Light at the Edge of the World, the 1971 film version of the novel
• The Light at the End of the World, an album by My Dying Bride
• Until the End of the World, a 1991 movie by Wim Wenders
• Until the End of the World (song), a song by U2
• When the World Ends (song), a song written by Dave Matthews off their album "Everyday", on "The Matrix Reloaded" soundtrack
• End of the World Party (just in case), 2004 album by Medeski Martin and Wood.

Geographic locations known as the end of the world include:

• Land's End in Britain and elsewhere
• Finistere in Brittany
• Cape Finisterre in Spain
• The meridian of El Hierro left the Old World at its east.
• Madagascar
• Montauk, a town on the eastern most end of Long Island, New York
• New Zealand
• Verdens Ende (literally "End of the world") a place located south of Oslo, Norway.
• Yamal Peninsula, in northern Russia
• Patagonia
  • The lighthouse at Isla de los Estados is better known as Faro del fin del mundo ("Lighthouse at the end of the world"),

[edit] See also

• World's End