title: Bulge
text: # Bulge
  
  Bulge may refer to:
  
  ## Astronomy and geography
  
  * Bulge (astronomy), a tightly packed group of stars at the center of a spiral galaxy
  * Equatorial bulge, a bulge around the equator of a planet due to rotation
  * Tharsis bulge, vast volcanic plateau centered near the equator in Mars’ western hemisphere
  * Tidal bulge, a bulge of land or water on a planet created by the pull of another object in orbit
  
  ## Military
  
  * Bulge, a discontinuity in an extended military front line
     * Battle of the Bulge, a major World War II German offensive on the Western front starting in 1944
     * Bulge (game), a 1980 board wargame that simulates the Battle of the Bulge
  * Anti-torpedo bulge, passive warship defence against naval torpedoes between World War I and World War II
  
  ## People
  
  * Helge "Bulge" Bostrom (1894–1977), Canadian professional ice hockey player
  
  ## Other
  
  * Beta bulge, a localized disruption of the regular hydrogen bonding of a beta sheet
  * Bulge bracket, the world's largest and most profitable multi-national investment banks
  * Earth bulge, a term used in telecommunications
  * Power bulge, raised part (a bulge) of the hood (bonnet) of a car
  * The Bulge, a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire
  