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'''[[Polaris]]''' is a star, also known as the North Star.

'''Polaris''' may also refer to:
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==Geography==
* [[Polaris, California]], in Nevada County, United States
* [[Polaris, Montana]], in Beaverhead County, United States
* [[Polaris mine]], Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada

==Arts, entertainment, and media==
===Fictional entities===
* [[Polaris (Marvel Comics)]], a Marvel Comics superhero
* Polaris galaxy, featured in the video game ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
* Polaris, the ultimate antagonist of the video game ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2]]''
* [[Polaris Hilda]], character from the ''Saint Seiya'' anime and manga/comics
* [[Doctor Polaris]], a DC Comics villain
* [[Polaris P. Polanski]], an alias of Byakuya Togami in the novel ''Danganronpa Togami'', by Yuya Sato

===Games===

====Video games====

* [[Polaris (1980 video game)|''Polaris'' (1980 video game)]], a 1980 arcade game
* [[Polaris (2025 video game)|''Polaris'' (2025 video game)]], a 2025 video game

====Role-playing games ====

* [[Polaris (1997 role-playing game)|''Polaris'' (1997 role-playing game)]]
* [[Polaris (2005 role-playing game)|''Polaris'' (2005 role-playing game)]]

===Literature===
* [[Polaris (novel)|''Polaris'' (novel)]], by Jack McDevitt
* [[Polaris (short story)|"Polaris" (short story)]], by H. P. Lovecraft

===Music===

====Groups====
* [[Polaris (Australian band)]], an Australian metalcore band
* [[Polaris (American band)]], an American rock band

====Albums and EPs====
* [[Polaris (Kangta album)|''Polaris'' (Kangta album)]], 2001
* [[Polaris (Stratovarius album)|''Polaris'' (Stratovarius album)]], 2009
* [[Polaris (Tesseract album)|''Polaris'' (Tesseract album)]], 2015
* [[Polaris (EP)|''Polaris'' (EP)]], 2020 EP by Aitch

====Compositions and songs====
* [[Polaris (composition)|''Polaris'' (composition)]], 2010 composition by Thomas Adès
* [[Polaris (song)|"Polaris" (song)]], from the album ''Twilight of the Innocents'' by Ash
* "Polaris", from the album ''[[Futures (album)|Futures]]'' by Jimmy Eat World
* "Rust in Peace... Polaris", from the album ''[[Rust in Peace]]'' by Megadeth
* "Polaris" (ポラリス), from the album ''[[Karma (Mucc album)|Karma]]'' by MUCC
* "Polaris", from the single ''[[Silent Bible]]'' by Nana Mizuki
* "Polaris", from the album ''[[Nocturne (The Human Abstract album)|Nocturne]]'' by The Human Abstract
* "Polaris", from the album ''[[Simple Things (Zero 7 album)|Simple Things]]'' by Zero 7
* "Polaris", the sixth opening theme for ''My Hero Academia'' and the first for [[My Hero Academia (season 4)|season 4]], by Blue Encount
* "Polaris", from the album ''[[After the Magic]]'' by Parannoul

====Prizes====
* [[Polaris Music Prize]]

===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media===
* [[Polaris (2016 film)|''Polaris'' (2016 film)]], a 2016 film directed by Soudabeh Moradian
* [[Polaris (2022 film)|''Polaris'' (2022 film)]], a 2022 film directed by Kirsten Carthew
* [[Polaris_(periodical) |''Polaris'' (periodical)]], produced by Visual Collaborative
* [[Polaris Tower]], a giant Ferris wheel at Kumdori Land, Yuseong-gu, Daejon, Korea
* Polaris, a subsidiary of [[Disney Digital Network]] specialising in video game culture

==Brands and enterprises==
* [[Polaris drinking water]], a Thai bottled water brand
* [[Polaris Entertainment]], South Korean record label
* [[Polaris Fashion Place]], Columbus, Ohio, a two level shopping mall and surrounding retail plaza
* [[Polaris Inc.]], American snowmobile, ATV, and motorcycle manufacturer
* [[Polaris Motor]], an Italian ultralight trike manufacturer
* [[Polaris Pro Grappling]], a British grappling tournament running since 2015

==Computing==
* [[Polaris (poker bot)]]
* [[Polaris (processor)]]
* Polaris, the GPU architecture featured in AMD's [[Radeon RX 400 series|Radeon RX 400]] and [[Radeon RX 500 series|RX 500 series]]
* Polaris, an integrated library system from [[Innovative Interfaces]], Inc.
* Polaris, a port of [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] to PowerPC
* Polaris, the development codename for [[Windows Media Player 11]]
* [[Polaris Office]], office suite that runs on mobile platforms

==Military==
* [[Polaris spacecraft]], or TecSAR, Israeli reconnaissance satellite
* ''Polaris-1'', a North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile, which is commonly known as ''KN-11'' by the West and [[Pukkuksong-1]] (Pukkuksong means Polaris in Korean) in North Korea
* [[UGM-27 Polaris]], an early United States submarine-launched ballistic missile that was also used by United Kingdom
* [[Polaris (UK nuclear programme)]], a British nuclear weapons programme for ''Resolution''-class ballistic missile submarines

==Transport==
* [[Polaris (train)]], manufactured in China
* [[Polaris program]], a commercial human spaceflight project
* [[Polaris Dawn]], a private spaceflight mission planned for 2024

===Aviation===
* [[Airbus CC-150 Polaris]], a Canadian military plane
* [[B&F Fk14 Polaris]], a German ultralight aircraft
* [[United Airlines#Cabin|Polaris]], United Airlines business class product
* [[Polaris Award]], awarded to airline crews

===Ships===
* [[Polaris (ship)|''Polaris'' (ship)]], a list of ships
* [[Polaris (icebreaker)|''Polaris'' (icebreaker)]], a 2015 Finnish icebreaker
* {{MS|Polaris}}, a Russian-owned passenger ship built in Denmark in 1968
* [[RV Polaris|RV ''Polaris'']], listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in San Mateo County, California]]
* [[USS Amber (PYc-6)|USS ''Amber'' (PYc-6)]], known as ''Polaris'', a 1930 motor yacht that later became a patrol vessel
* {{USS|Polaris|1871|6}}, a steamer sunk in 1872 on an Arctic expedition
* {{USS|Polaris|AF-11}}, a freighter built in 1938

==Other uses==
* [[Polaris (convention)]], an annual science fiction and fantasy convention
* [[POLARIS (seismology)]], an underground experiment to observe seismic signals
* [[Polaris expedition|''Polaris'' expedition]], an American attempt to reach the North Pole which resulted in Commander Charles F. Hall's suspicious death
* [[North magnetic pole#Project Polaris|Project Polaris]], a U.S.-Canadian military aerial survey of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
* [[Polaris Project]], an American anti-human-trafficking organization
* [[Helion Polaris]], a prototype fusion reactor

==See also==
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* [[Polestar (disambiguation)]]
* [[Polar (disambiguation)]]
* [[Polara (disambiguation)]]
* [[Polari]], a form of cant slang
* {{look from|Polaris}}
* {{in title|Polaris}}
* [[North Star (disambiguation)]]

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