Atalante
# Atalante

Atalante is the French name for Atalanta, a heroine of Greek mythology.

Atalante also may refer to:

## Places

* 36 Atalante, an asteroid
* L'Atalante basin, a deep hypersaline anoxic basin in the Mediterranean sea.

### Greece

* Atalante (island), an island in Central Greece
* Atalante (Attica), an island in Attica, Greece
* Atalante (Macedon), a town of ancient Macedon, Greece
* Atalante (Phthiotis), a town in Phthiotis, Greece

### Fictional locations

* Númenor, a fictional island in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, also called "Atalantë"

## People

* Atalantē, sister of Macedonian general Perdiccas and wife of Attalus

### Fictional characters

* Atlantes, a magician in Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato (1482)

## Arts and entertainment

* L'Atalante, a 1934 French film
* Akallabêth, a short story by Tolkien about the Fall of Númenor, subtitled Atalantë

## Transportation and vehicles

* Atalante, a body style for the 1937 Bugatti Type 57 automobile
* French ship Atalante, various ships of the French Navy

## Other uses

* Atalante Quebec, a far-right group in Quebec
