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Thule (disambiguation)

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Thule (UK: /ˈθjli/ THEW-lee, US: /ˈθli/ THOO-lee, /ˈtli/ TOO-lee) was, in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography, a semi-mythical place located in the far north, usually an island. Thule may also refer to:

People

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Places

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  • Thule, Greenland, former name of the town of Qaanaaq
  • Thule Harbor, another name for North Star Bay in Greenland
  • Thule Island, in the South Sandwich Islands
  • Thule Islands, a group of Antarctic islands
  • Mount Thule, Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada; a mountain
  • 279 Thule, an asteroid
  • Thule, the smaller lobe of the trans-Neptunian object 486958 Arrokoth, nicknamed Ultima Thule at the time of the New Horizons flyby

Fictional locations

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  • Thule, a fictional version of Greenland in the Kinderen van Moeder Aarde novels by Dutch writer Thea Beckman

Companies and organizations

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  • Thule Group, a Sweden-based company which designs and manufactures outdoor and cargo products
  • Thule Society, a German occultist group and forerunner of the Nazi Party
  • White Order of Thule, an American white supremacist group

Military

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Other uses

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See also

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