Pollux

Pollux may refer to:

Astronomy
  • Pollux (star), (β Geminorum)
  • Pollux, a crater on the Saturnian moon Epimetheus
Building
  • Kastor und Pollux, a complex of two towers in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Fictional characters
  • Pollux Black, a pureblood wizard, grandfather of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter universe
Games
  • Pollux, a monster in the online game Granado Espada
  • Pollux, a character in the erotic anime series Words Worth
  • Pollux (arcade game), an arcade game manufactured by Dooyong in 1991
  • Pollux Gamelabs, a Danish game development company.
  • The Pollux Engine, a game engine developed by Square-Enix for easy porting between the Wii and Nintendo DS systems, used in both versions of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Geography
  • Pollux (mountain), a mountain in the Pennine Alps, in Italy and Switzerland
Mythology
  • Pollux or Polydeuces, one of the Dioscuri; see Castor and Pollux
People
  • Julius Pollux, also known as Ioulios Poludeukes (2nd century A.D), a Greek rhetorician
Railroads
  • Pollux, a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive of the South Devon Railway Eagle class
Ships
  • SS Southern Cross (1886), a whaler and exploration ship originally named SS Pollux
  • SS Pollux, the name of more than one ship
  • USNS Pollux (T-AKR-290), ex-T-AK-290, a vehicle cargo ship in non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service as USNS Pollux (T-AKR-290) from 1981 to 2007, since 2007 maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force
  • USS Pollux, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
  • MS Abel Tasman was known as Pollux in 1994-1995.
Television
  • EAS Pollux, a spaceship in the television series Babylon 5
  • Pollux, a dog in the French television series Le Manège Enchanté, known as Dougal in the English version, The Magic Roundabout