Nanook (disambiguation)
Nanook, in Inuit mythology, is the master of bears.
Nanook, Nanuk, or Nanuq may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
- Nanook (band), Greenlandic pop rock band
- Nanook (TV series), whose title character is named Nanook
- Nanook of the North (1922), a film by Robert Flaherty, often considered the first formal feature-length documentary
- Nanook, Corey Haim's dog in the film The Lost Boys (1987)
- "Nanook Rubs It", a song by Frank Zappa on the album Apostrophe (1974)
- Nanoq Media, a company in Greenland
Toys
- Nanook, the name of a Beanie Baby
- Nanook, the name of a Beanie Buddy
Places
- Nanook, a Viking settlement and archaeological site on Baffin Island
- Nanuk, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
- Nanook River, Victoria Island, Canada
- Nanook or Nanuk, alternate names of Menukin, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
- Nanuk-e Bala, alternate name of Naniz-e Olya, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
- Nanoq, a museum in Jakobstad, Finland
Military
- Operation Nanook, various military operations
- Operation Nanook (1946), an Arctic expedition undertaken by the US Navy in 1946
- Operation Nanook (Canada), annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard
- Nanuk Remotely Controlled Weapon Station
- Project Nanook, US reconnaissance project
Sports
- Nanook, a stylized polar bear mascot for:
- Alaska Nanooks, the University of Alaska Fairbanks sports teams
- Edmonton Eskimos, of the Canadian Football League
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
Other uses
- Nanook AA/FA Fuel Altered
- Nanok East Greenland Fishing Company, a Danish company in Greenland
- Nanuk (ship), a 1892 schooner used in several Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s.
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