Kerr

Kerr may refer to:

People

• Kerr (surname)
• Kerr (given name)

Places

• Kerr Township, Champaign County, Illinois
• Kerr, Montana, A US census-designated place
• Kerr, Ohio, USA, an unincorporated community
• Kerr County, Texas, USA

Buildings and institutions

• Kerr Hall, on the campus of Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
• Kerr Arboretum and Botanical Area, near Talihina, Oklahoma, USA

Dams and lakes

• Kerr Dam, near Polson, Montana, USA
• Kerr Lake or the John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir in Virginia

Science and technology

• Kerr-lens modelocking, an optical technique
• Kerr effect, the quadratic electro-optic effect
• Kerr cell shutter, photography
• Magneto-optic Kerr effect one of the magneto-optic effects
• Kerr metric - In general relativity

Plants and animals

• Kerr's Atlantic Tree-rat from South America
• Kerr's Danio, a fish
• Kerr's Noctuid Moth, butterfly found in USA
• Kerr's Plane, evergreen plant
• Kerr's Pink, potato cultivar

Other uses

• KERR, A US radio station
• Clan Kerr, a Scottish clan
• Kerr's Miniature Railway in Scotland
• Kerrs Patent Revolver, unusual 5-shot single-action revolver
• Kerr's, a Canadian candy company

See also

• Ker (disambiguation)