# Ark

Ark or ARK may refer to:

## Biblical narratives and religion

* Noah's Ark, the massive vessel to save the world's animals from a flood
* Ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant Moses
* Ark of the Covenant, the chest for the tablets of the Ten Commandments
* Torah ark, a cabinet used to store a synagogue's Torah scrolls

## Arts, entertainment and media
### Fictional entities

* Ark, a planet in the Noon Universe
* Ark (Transformers), a spacecraft
* ARK, space colony in video games Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog
* Ark, in video game Terranigma
* The Ark (Halo), control station
* The Ark, space station in TV series The 100
* The Ark, the main setting of the game Brink
* The Ark, fictional band from Alice Oseman's novel I Was Born For This
* The Ark of Truth, in Stargate: The Ark of Truth

### Film and television

* Ark (film), a 2005 animated science fiction film
* Ark, a 1970 short film by Rolf Forsberg
* Ark (web series), a 2010 science fiction series by Trey Stokes
* Ark: The Animated Series, a 2024 TV series based on the video game Ark: Survival Evolved
* Stargate: The Ark of Truth, a 2008 military science fiction film sequel to the TV series Stargate SG-1
* The Ark (film), a 2015 biblical BBC TV film
* The Ark (Doctor Who), a 1966 Doctor Who TV serial
* The Ark (TV series), a 2023 American science fiction TV series
* "The Ark", a 2007 episode of Stargate Atlantis season 3
* The Ark in Space, a 1975 Doctor Who TV serial

### Gaming

* Ark: Survival Evolved, a 2017 video game

### Literature

* Ark (novel), by Stephen Baxter, 2009
* ARK, a long poem by Ronald Johnson (1935–1998)
* "Ark", 2019 poem by Simon Armitage to commemorate launch of RRS Sir David Attenborough
* The Ark, a weekly newspaper in Tiburon, California

### Music
#### Bands

* Ark (British band), a 1985 melodic rock band
* Ark (Bangladeshi band), a 1991 Bangladeshi rock band
* The Ark (Swedish band), a 1991 Swedish glam-rock band
* Ark (Norwegian band), a 1999 progressive metal band
* The Ark, a 2015 South Korean girl group with members including Euna Kim and Lee Su-ji

#### Albums and songs

* Ark (The Animals album), 1983, by the original members of the Animals
* Ark (Brendan Perry album), 2010
* Ark (Crossfaith album), 2024
* Ark (In Hearts Wake album), 2017
* Ark (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), 1999
* Ark (We Are the Ocean album), 2015
* Ark, 2020 reissue of Here Comes the Indian, a 2003 album by Animal Collective
* The Ark (album), by Frank Zappa, 1991
* The Ark (EP), by Swedish band The Ark, 1996
* "The Ark", a song by Dr. Dog from the 2008 album Fate

## Businesses and organizations

* Ark (charity), international children's educational charity, parent organisation of Ark Schools
* Ark (organisation), international project helping Russian emigrants
* Ark Airways, a cargo airline from Armenia
* Ark Clothing, former subsidiary of JD Sports PLC
* Ark Diecast, toy company
* Ark Ecological NGO, in Armenia
* Ark Invest, American asset management firm
* ARK Music Factory, American musical composition and production company
* ARK Theatre Company, in Los Angeles, California, US
* ARK Logic, American computer graphics hardware company

## Places
### Buildings

* Ark of Bukhara, Uzbekistan
* The Ark (Duke University), US, a dance studio
* The Ark (folk venue), in Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
* The Ark (Prince Edward Island), Canada, a bioshelter
* The Ark (Tadcaster), England, a historic building
* The Ark, London, England, an office block

### Settlements

* Arkansas, United States
* Ark, Iran (disambiguation), several places
* Ark, Missouri, United States
* Ark, Virginia, United States
* SAO Bosanska Krajina, or Autonomous Region of Krajina (ARK), in Bosnia and Herzegovina

### Other places

* The Ark (Antarctica), a rock summit

## Science and technology

* Ark (search engine), a people search engine
* Ark (software), a file archiver and compressor
* Archival Resource Key, a multi-purpose URL
* Ark Linux, a software distribution founded by Bernhard Rosenkränzer
* Archaeological Recording Kit, software for recording and disseminating archaeological data
* Ark Compiler, a Huawei unified compilation and runtime platform

## Transportation

* Ark (river boat), a temporary boat used in river transport in eastern North America
* The Ark (ship), used in founding the province of Maryland
* The Ark, a floating laboratory ship, later University Marine Biological Station Millport, Scotland
* The Ark, an unfinished sculpture in the form of a functional ship by Kea Tawana in Newark, New Jersey, US
* Arusha Airport, Tanzania, IATA airport code ARK
* Arkadelphia station, Arkansas, US, Amtrak station code ARK
* Armoured Ramp Carrier (ARK), a specialist armoured vehicle

## Other uses

* Ark Prize of the Free Word, a literary prize
* Armijska Ratna Komanda D-0, or the Ark, a nuclear bunker in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* ARK (Northern Ireland) (Access Research Knowledge), Northern Irish website