Golden Gate (disambiguation)
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The Golden Gate is the strait connecting the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco Bay.
It can also refer to:
Places
Asia
- "The Golden Gate" or "The Popcorn Field", the accident zone within the Khumbu Icefall
- Kinmen, an island group governed by Taiwan
Europe
- Golden Gate (Constantinople), imperial entrance gate of city of Constantinople, present-day Istanbul, Turkey
- Golden Gate (Crimea), a natural rock formation
- Golden Gate (Gdańsk), in Poland
- Golden Gate (Vladimir) (Zolotye Vorota), the main gate for the city of Vladimir (Russia) from 1158 to 1164
- Golden Gate, Kiev, an historic gatetower in Ukraine
- also the name for the nearby Kiev Metro station; see Zoloti Vorota (Kiev Metro)
Middle East
- Golden Gate (Jerusalem), in Israel
United States
San Francisco Bay area
- Golden Gate, Oakland, California, a neighborhood
- Golden Gate Bridge, which extends across the Golden Gate strait
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area, a national park in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
Other places
- Golden Gate, Florida, a CDP in Collier County, Florida
- Golden Gate, Martin County, Florida, an unincorporated community and the location of the historic Golden Gate Building built in 1925
- Golden Gate, Illinois
- Golden Gate Canyon, in Yellowstone National Park
South Africa
- Golden Gate Highlands National Park, in South Africa
Art, entertainment, and media
Films
- Golden Gate (1981 film), a 1981 TV movie starring Perry King and Jean Simmons
- Golden Gate (1994 film), a 1994 TV movie starring David James Elliott and Christopher Meloni
- Golden Gate (film), a 1994 film directed by John Madden, starring Matt Dillon and Joan Chen
- Golden Gate (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1994 film
Literature
- The Golden Gate (MacLean novel), by Alistair MacLean
- The Golden Gate (Seth novel), by Vikram Seth, written entirely in Onegin stanzas
Music
- Golden Gate Quartet, a gospel quartet founded 1934 in Norfolk, Virginia
- "Golden Gate", a 1928 song by Al Jolson
Television
- Golden Gate (television), a Slovak television show
Transport
- Golden Gate (ship), a named passenger ship operated by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, that burned and stranded on July 27, 1862
- Golden Gate (train), a named passenger train operated by the Santa Fe railroad, starting in 1938
- Golden Gate Transit, a bus and ferry operator centered on Marin County, California
Other uses
- École Golden Gate Middle School, a bilingual middle school in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, California
- Golden Gate Capital, a private equity buyout firm headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas
- Golden Gates, Eaton Hall at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England
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