Atalaya (in Spanish means "defensive tower"):
- Argentina
- Atalaya, Buenos Aires, a settlement in Magdalena Partido.
- Canary Islands:
- Atalaya, Las Palmas, a community in the municipality of Gáldar in the island of Gran Canaria in the province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands
- Guatemala:
- Atalaya, a Guatemalan archaeological site of the K'iche' Maya.
- Panama:
- Atalaya, Veraguas
- Peru:
- Atalaya, Cuzco - a city in the Cusco region
- Atalaya, Junín, Junín region
- Atalaya, Ucayali, Ucayali region
- Atalaya, Cuelap, Amazonas region
- Spain:
- Castle of la Atalaya, a Moorish structure in Villena
- La Atalaya, a former village that was destroyed to expand the Corta Atalaya open-pit mine
- Atalaya (mountain) - a mountain in La Rioja
- La Atalaya, Salamanca, a municipality in Salamanca, Spain.
- Atalaya, Badajoz, a municipality in Badajoz, Spain.
- United States:
- Atalaya Castle (USA), in South Carolina
- Atalaya (mountain) - a mountain near Santa Fe, NM
Atalaya is also a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae.