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'''Alta''' or '''ALTA''' may refer to:

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==Acronyms==
* [[Alt-A]], short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of US mortgage
* [[American Land Title Association]], a national trade association representing the land title industry
* [[American Literary Translators Association]], an association of literary translators in the US
* [[Amur leopard#ALTA|Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance]] or ALTA, an initiative to conserve the Amur leopard and Amur tiger
* [[Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association]]
* [[Australasian Language Technology Association]]
* [[Accelerated life testing]] or Accelerated life testing analysis

==Places==
=== Canada ===
* Alta Creek, the official name of the [[River of Golden Dreams]], in Whistler, British Columbia
* [[Alta Lake (British Columbia)]], a lake in Whistler, British Columbia
* [[Alta Lake, British Columbia]], a community that is part of Whistler, British Columbia
* Mont Alta, a hill in the Laurentides zone of the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, that is the basis of the Ski Mont Alta ski hill; see [[List of former ski areas of Quebec]]
*[[Alberta]], Canada (abbreviation ALTA)

===Norway===
* [[Alta Municipality]], a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
* [[Alta (town)]], a town within Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
* [[Alta Airport]], an airport in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
* [[Alta Church]], a church in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
* [[Alta Museum]], a museum in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
* [[Altaelva]] ({{lit|Alta River}}), a river in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
** [[Alta controversy]], a series of protests over Sámi rights and dam on the Altaelva

=== Sweden ===
* [[Älta]], a locality in Nacka Municipality

===Ukraine===
* [[Alta (river)]], a small tributary of the Trubizh in Ukraine

=== United States ===
* [[Alta, California]], a community in Placer County, California
* [[Alta California]] ''("Upper California")'', the Mexican territory that later became the US state of California
* [[Alta, Illinois]], a community in Peoria County, Illinois
* [[Alta, Indiana]], a community in Vermillion County, Indiana
* [[Alta, Iowa]], a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa
* [[Alta, Utah]], a town in Salt Lake County, Utah
** [[Alta Ski Area]], a ski area located in the Wasatch Mountains, in Salt Lake County, Utah
* [[Alta, Fayette County, West Virginia]], an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia
* [[Alta, Greenbrier County, West Virginia]], an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
* [[Alta, Wyoming]], a community in Teton County, Wyoming
* [[Alta Lake State Park]], a park in the northwest interior of the state of Washington
* [[Alta Peak]], a mountain in the Sequoia National Park

==People==
* [[Alta (poet)]] (Alta Gerrey, 1942–2024), poet and prose writer from Oakland, California
* [[Alta Cohen]] (1908–2003), Major League Baseball player
* [[Alta Fixsler]] (2018–2021), subject of best interests case

==Art, entertainment, and media==
* [[Alta (novel)|''Alta'' (novel)]], a 2004 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey
* Alta, Spanish term equivalent to the dance [[Saltarello]]
* ''Acqua Alta'', a novel by [[Donna Leon]]
* [[Alta capella]], a 20th-century musicological term for Renaissance wind ensembles
* [[Alta IF]], a Norwegian football club based in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway

==Businesses==
* [[Alta (vehicles)]], a defunct Greek manufacturer of cars, light trucks and motorcycles
* [[Alta Bike Share]], a provider of bicycle sharing systems in the US and Australia
* [[Alta Car and Engineering Company]], an English automobile and a Formula One racing manufacturer
* [[Alta Group Newspapers]], a defunct newspaper publisher in the northeastern US
* [[Alta Motors]], a defunct American manufacturer of electric motorcycles
* [[Alta Newspaper Group]], a newspaper publisher in Western Canada and Quebec
* [[Alta Records]], Dallas, Texas
* [[Treno Alta Velocità]] (Italian: High Velocity Train), a special purpose entity formed to plan and construct a high-speed rail network in Italy

==Ships==
* [[MV Alta|MV ''Alta'']], a ship that was abandoned at sea in 2018 and ran aground in Ireland in 2020
* {{HNoMS|Alta|M314|6}}, a museum ship in Oslo, Norway

==Other uses==
* [[Alta (dye)]], a red paste used by women in Bangladesh, India and Nepal to paint the borders of the feet
* [[Acqua alta]] (Italian: "high water"), the term used in Veneto for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea

==See also==
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* [[Altas (disambiguation)]]
* [[Altamont (disambiguation)]]
* [[AltaVista]], search engine
* [[Alto (disambiguation)]]
* [[Arta (disambiguation)]]

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