Ark

Ark or ARK may refer to:

Biblical narratives and religion

• Noah's Ark, the massive vessel to save the world's animals from a flood
• Ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant Moses
• Ark of the Covenant, the chest for the tablets of the Ten Commandments
• Torah ark, a cabinet used to store a synagogue's Torah scrolls

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

• Ark, a planet in the Noon Universe
• Ark (Transformers), a spacecraft
• ARK, space colony in video games Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog
• Ark, in video game Terranigma
• The Ark (Halo), control station
• The Ark, space station in TV series The 100
• The Ark, the main setting of the game Brink
• The Ark, fictional band from Alice Oseman's novel I Was Born For This
• The Ark of Truth, in Stargate: The Ark of Truth

Film and television

• Ark (film), a 2005 animated science fiction film
• Ark, a 1970 short film by Rolf Forsberg
• Ark (web series), a 2010 science fiction series by Trey Stokes
• Ark: The Animated Series, a 2024 TV series based on the video game Ark: Survival Evolved
• Stargate: The Ark of Truth, a 2008 military science fiction film sequel to the TV series Stargate SG-1
• The Ark (film), a 2015 biblical BBC TV film
• The Ark (Doctor Who), a 1966 Doctor Who TV serial
• The Ark (TV series), a 2023 American science fiction TV series
• "The Ark", a 2007 episode of Stargate Atlantis season 3
• The Ark in Space, a 1975 Doctor Who TV serial

Gaming

• Ark: Survival Evolved, a 2017 video game

Literature

• Ark (novel), by Stephen Baxter, 2009
• ARK, a long poem by Ronald Johnson (1935–1998)
• "Ark", 2019 poem by Simon Armitage to commemorate launch of RRS Sir David Attenborough
• The Ark, a weekly newspaper in Tiburon, California

Music

Bands

• Ark (British band), a 1985 melodic rock band
• Ark (Bangladeshi band), a 1991 Bangladeshi rock band
• The Ark (Swedish band), a 1991 Swedish glam-rock band
• Ark (Norwegian band), a 1999 progressive metal band
• The Ark, a 2015 South Korean girl group with members including Euna Kim and Lee Su-ji

Albums and songs

• Ark (The Animals album), 1983, by the original members of the Animals
• Ark (Brendan Perry album), 2010
• Ark (Crossfaith album), 2024
• Ark (In Hearts Wake album), 2017
• Ark (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), 1999
• Ark (We Are the Ocean album), 2015
• Ark, 2020 reissue of Here Comes the Indian, a 2003 album by Animal Collective
• The Ark (album), by Frank Zappa, 1991
• The Ark (EP), by Swedish band The Ark, 1996
• "The Ark", a song by Dr. Dog from the 2008 album Fate

Businesses and organizations

• Ark (charity), international children's educational charity, parent organisation of Ark Schools
• Ark (organisation), international project helping Russian emigrants
• Ark Airways, a cargo airline from Armenia
• Ark Clothing, former subsidiary of JD Sports PLC
• Ark Diecast, toy company
• Ark Ecological NGO, in Armenia
• Ark Invest, American asset management firm
• ARK Music Factory, American musical composition and production company
• ARK Theatre Company, in Los Angeles, California, US
• ARK Logic, American computer graphics hardware company

Places

Buildings

• Ark of Bukhara, Uzbekistan
• The Ark (Duke University), US, a dance studio
• The Ark (folk venue), in Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
• The Ark (Prince Edward Island), Canada, a bioshelter
• The Ark (Tadcaster), England, a historic building
• The Ark, London, England, an office block

Settlements

• Arkansas, United States
• Ark, Iran (disambiguation), several places
• Ark, Missouri, United States
• Ark, Virginia, United States
• SAO Bosanska Krajina, or Autonomous Region of Krajina (ARK), in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Other places

• The Ark (Antarctica), a rock summit

Science and technology

• Ark (search engine), a people search engine
• Ark (software), a file archiver and compressor
• Archival Resource Key, a multi-purpose URL
• Ark Linux, a software distribution founded by Bernhard Rosenkränzer
• Archaeological Recording Kit, software for recording and disseminating archaeological data
• Ark Compiler, a Huawei unified compilation and runtime platform

Transportation

• Ark (river boat), a temporary boat used in river transport in eastern North America
• The Ark (ship), used in founding the province of Maryland
• The Ark, a floating laboratory ship, later University Marine Biological Station Millport, Scotland
• The Ark, an unfinished sculpture in the form of a functional ship by Kea Tawana in Newark, New Jersey, US
• Arusha Airport, Tanzania, IATA airport code ARK
• Arkadelphia station, Arkansas, US, Amtrak station code ARK
• Armoured Ramp Carrier (ARK), a specialist armoured vehicle

Other uses

• Ark Prize of the Free Word, a literary prize
• Armijska Ratna Komanda D-0, or the Ark, a nuclear bunker in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• ARK (Northern Ireland) (Access Research Knowledge), Northern Irish website

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Ark
• All pages with titles containing Ark
• Ark 2 (disambiguation)
• Arc (disambiguation)
• ARC (disambiguation)
• Arch (disambiguation)
• Arkana (disambiguation)
• ARQ (disambiguation)
• ARRC (disambiguation)
• HMS Ark Royal, the name of several ships of the British Royal Navy
• Noah's Ark (disambiguation)