- Source: Obelisk (disambiguation)
An obelisk is a tall, four-sided monument.
Obelisk may also refer to:
Geography
Obelisk Beach, a beach in New South Wales, Australia
Obelisk Col, a mountain pass on James Ross Island in Antarctica
Obelisk Mountain, a mountain in Antarctica
Obelisk Hill, a former name of Monument Hill, the site of the Fremantle War Memorial
Obelisk Islet, an island in the Torres Strait in Queensland, Australia
Fiction
Obelisk, a fictional weapon in the game Command & Conquer
Obelisk the Tormentor, a Yu-Gi-Oh! God card
"The Obelisk", a minicomic in the Masters of the Universe comic line
Music
The Obelisk, a predecessor of the alternative band The Cure
"Obelisk", a song by the metalcore band Northlane from the album Node
Other uses
Obelisk (biology), a class of viroid-like elements
Obelisk (hieroglyph), an Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph
Obelisk (Prague Castle), a monolith and World War I monument in Prague, Czech Republic
Obelisk (Sanssouci), a structure at the eastern entrance to Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany
Obelisk (typography) or dagger (†), a typographical symbol
Obelisk posture, a position that some dragonflies and damselflies assume to avoid overheating
Obelisk Press, a Paris publisher
Obelisk ship, a type of ship historically used to transport obelisks
The Obelisk, a painting by Hubert Robert (1733-1808)
See also
Monolith, a large block of stone with ceremonial purposes
Obelism, the practice of annotating manuscripts with marks set in the margins.
Dagger (mark) (†), a type of obelism, is called an obelisk in older texts
Obelus, a type of obelism; the name of the symbol (÷) in older texts
Obelix, a character in the Asterix comic strips
Stele, a stone or wooden slab erected as a marker