Escalante
# Escalante

Escalante may refer to:

## People

* Amat Escalante (born 1979), Mexican filmmaker
* Bernardino de Escalante (1537–after 1605), 16th-century Spanish writer, author of one of the first European books on China
* Enrique Escalante (born 1984), Puerto Rican volleyball player
* Francis García Escalante, Mexican transvestite who has become a famous actor
* Gonzalo Escalante (born 1993), Argentine footballer
* Jaime Escalante (1930–2010), Bolivian former mathematics teacher
* Joe Escalante (born 1963), American musician
* Jorge Volpi (born 1968), Mexican writer
* José Escalante (born 1995), Honduran footballer
* Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Spanish padre and explorer in North America

## Places

### United States

* The Escalante, a hotel in Ash Fork, Arizona
* Escalante, Utah
* Escalante Butte, of Eastern Grand Canyon
* Escalante Desert, Utah
* Escalante River, Utah
* Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah
   * Escalante National Monument, Utah

### Elsewhere

* Escalante Department, an administrative district in Argentina
* Escalante (El Apagado), a volcano in Chile
* Escalante, Negros Occidental, Philippines
* Escalante, Cantabria, Spain
* Escalante River (Venezuela)
* 5095 Escalante, an asteroid
* Escalante (Martian crater), a crater on Mars

## Other uses

* Escalante massacre, 1985 in Escalante, Negros Occidental, Philippines
* Escalante syndrome or Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic disorder
