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Olympus

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'''Olympus''' can refer to: * '''Mount Olympus''', in Pieria, northern Greece, was the home of the gods in Greek mythology * a Japanese optics company: see '''Olympus (company)''' * '''Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce Olympus Olympus''', a jet engine and marine turbine * a Code name#Commercial_code_names_in_the_computer_industry codename for version 3.0.0 of phpBB * a town on the Greek island of Karpathos * a science fiction novel (ISBN 0-38097-894-6) by United States American author Dan Simmons, released in 2005 * Several mountains, named after the Greek mythological home: ** An extinct volcano on Mars (planet) Mars and the largest known mountain in the solar system: see '''Olympus Mons''' **Mount Olympus (Cyprus) in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus **There are also as many as 18 other mountains by the same name, including ones in the Greek islands, Asia Minor, New Zealand, Tasmania and 8 peaks in the United States (see table).

Name	State	County	Coordinates	USGS 7.5' Map
[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=272795 Mount Olympus]	California CA	San Diego	{{coor dms\|33\|24\|39\|N\|117\|06\|06\|W\|}}	Pechanga
[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=1659303 Mount Olympus]	CA	San Francisco	{{coor dms\|37\|45\|47\|N\|122\|26\|40\|W\|}}	San Francisco North
[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=204946 Mount Olympus]	Colorado CO	Larimer	{{coor dms\|40\|22\|28\|N\|105\|27\|40\|W\|}}	Panorama Peak
[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=362805 Mount Olympus]	Hawaii HI	Honolulu	{{coor dms\|21\|20\|20\|N\|157\|46\|49\|W\|}}	Honolulu
[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=514354 Mount Olympus]	Kentucky KY	Bath	{{coor dms\|38\|02\|37\|N\|083\|38\|50\|W\|}}	Olympia
Mount Olympus (Utah) Mount Olympus	Utah UT	Salt Lake	{{coor dms\|40\|39\|24\|N\|111\|46\|13\|W\|}}	Sugar House
[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=1458581 Mount Olympus]	Vermont VT	Windsor	{{coor dms\|43\|49\|31\|N\|072\|44\|40\|W\|}}	Bethel
Mount Olympus (Washington) Mount Olympus	Washington WA	Jefferson	{{coor dms\|47\|48\|00\|N\|123\|42\|19\|W\|}}	Mount Olympus