Obelisk (disambiguation)

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An obelisk is a tall, four-side 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

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
• Stele