title: Atalante
text: # 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
  