Shelter

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Shelter may refer to:

• Shelter (building), a basic architectural structure or building that provides cover.
  • "Shelter Object", the codename for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus, the protective building around the immediate site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster
• Homeless shelter, a temporary residence for homeless people, sometimes simply referred to as a 'shelter'.
• Animal shelter, a facility that houses homeless, lost, or abandoned animals; mostly dogs and cats.

Organisation

• Shelter (charity), a UK-based charitable organisation that assists people impacted by homelessness

Transportation

• Shelter (automobile), a Dutch experimental city car of the 1950s
• A container used for protecting people or property, usually on the back of a vehicle.

Places

• Port Shelter, Hong Kong
• Shelter Bay (disambiguation), various locations
• Shelter Cove (disambiguation), various locations
• Shelter Island (disambiguation), various locations
• Shelter Point, South Georgia Island

Film and television

• Shelter (1998 film), a 1998 film starring John Allen Nelson
• Shelter (2007 film), a 2007 film by Jonah Markowitz starring Trevor Wright and Brad Rowe
• Shelter (2010 film), a 2010 film codirected by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein starring Julianne Moore
• Shelter (2012 film), a 2012 film directed by Adam Caudill and Wrion Bowling
• "The Shelter" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of the television series

Literature

• Shelter, a novel by Marguerite Steen published by The Viking Press in 1941
• Shelter, a novel by Chaz Brenchley published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1999
• Shelter, a novel by Susan Palwick published by Tor in 2007
• Shelter, a novel by Harlan Coben published by Orion in 2011

Music

Bands and labels

• Shelter (band) (since 1991), an American Krishnacore band
• Shelter Records (1969–1981), an American record label

Albums, chronologically

• Shelter (Lone Justice album), 1986
• Shelter (Brand New Heavies album) (featuring Siedah Garrett), 1997
• Shelter (Rasa album), 2003 album by Rasa
• Shelter (soundtrack), 2008 album from the eponymous 2007 movie
• Shelter (Further Than Forever album), 2013 debut album by Further Than Forever
• 'Shelter' is a 2013 split album between softcore anarchist band Ghost Mice and hardcore anarchist band Ramshackle Glory
• Shelter (Alcest album), 2014 album by Alcest

Songs

• "Shelter" (The xx song), also covered by Birdy
• "Shelter", a song by Bedouin Soundclash from Sounding a Mosaic
• "Shelter", a song by thenewno2 from You Are Here
• "Shelter", a song by Ray LaMontagne

Other uses

• Shelter in place, an emergency-response process
• Shelter rule, a doctrine in the common law of property
• USS Shelter (AM-301), an American minesweeper
• Shelter (video game), a 2013 video game

See also

• The Shelter (disambiguation)