Marmot (disambiguation)
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A marmot
is a member of the genus Marmota.
Marmot may also refer to:
Marmot
The marmots are a genus, Marmota, of squirrels. There are 14 species in this genus.Marmots are generally large ground squirrels. Those most often referred to as marmots tend to live in mountainous areas such as the Alps, northern Apennines, Eurasian steppes, Carpathians, Tatras, and Pyrenees in...
is a member of the genus Marmota.
Marmot may also refer to:
- Marmot, OregonMarmot, OregonMarmot is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States located in the Mount Hood Corridor. It is within the boundaries of the Villages at Mount Hood, on a ridge known at Devil's Backbone, which lies between the Sandy and Little Sandy rivers, along the historic Barlow Road...
, United States. - Marmot (grape), another name for the German wine grape Elbling
- Marmot (company)Marmot (company)Marmot is an outdoor clothing and sporting goods company founded in 1973. The company was founded by two University of California, Santa Cruz students who wished to make their own mountaineering equipment. The company has received numerous awards, including Backpacker magazine's Editor's Choice...
, an outdoor clothing and sporting goods company. - Michael MarmotMichael MarmotSir Michael Gideon Marmot is professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London.- Career :Michael Marmot was born in London, England. He moved to Australia as a young child and graduated in Medicine from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 1968. He earned a MPH in 1972...
(born 1945), British scientist.
See also
- Marmot BasinMarmot BasinMarmot Basin is an alpine ski area located in Alberta's Jasper National Park. It has offered a broad variety of basin and glade skiing since it first served enthusiasts in 1961 with a single rope tow driven by a truck engine....
, Canadian ski area. - Marmot IslandMarmot IslandMarmot Island is an island of the Kodiak Archipelago in the Gulf of Alaska in the state of Alaska, USA. It is part of Kodiak Island Borough and lies east of Afognak Island. The island has a land area of 45.196 km² and is unpopulated....
, island in the Gulf of AlaskaGulf of AlaskaThe Gulf of Alaska is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are found.The entire shoreline of the Gulf is...
. - Marmot DayMarmot DayMarmot Day is an Alaskan holiday established to celebrate marmots and Alaska's unique culture. Although local festivals have been part and parcel of frontier life since time immemorial, Marmot Day became an official holiday on April 18, 2009, when the 26th Alaska State Legislature officially...
, celebration featuring marmots. - La MarmotteLa MarmotteLa Marmotte is an annual, one-day cyclosportive event in France for amateur cyclists. It is thought to be the first ever cyclosportive and also remains one of the most popular today in Europe, often considered to be the hardest too....
, one-day cyclosportiveCyclosportiveA cyclosportive, or often simply sportive, is a short to long distance, organised, mass-participation cycling event, typically held annually....
event.