There are many uses of the term Avalon:

Arts and Entertainment

• Avalon is a Contemporary Christian Music group. One of their albums is also titled Avalon.
• Avalon was a 1990 film directed by Barry Levinson.
• Avalon was a Japanese film directed by Mamoru Oshii.
• Avalon was the final album of the British group Roxy Music, which includes a song also entitled "Avalon."
• Avalon is a web comic written by Josh Phillips.
• Frankie Avalon is an American singer and actor popular during the 1950s and 1960s.

Fiction

• Avalon is a legendary island located in the British Isles.
• Avalon is a world in the Amber series of novels by Roger Zelazny.
• Avalon is the surname of four Cardcaptor Sakura characters: Sakura Avalon, Tori Avalon, Aiden Avalon, and Natasha Avalon.

Geography

Avalon is the name of a number of places in North America:

• Avalon, Alberta
• Avalon Park, Ontario
• Avalon, Saskatchewan
• Avalon, California (located on Santa Catalina Island)
• Avalon, New Jersey
• Avalon, Pennsylvania
• the Avalon Peninsula and the Isthmus of Avalon, Newfoundland
• the Avalon (electoral district) (as of 2004), Australia:
  • Avalon, New South Wales (beachside suburb in northern Sydney, Australia)
  • Avalon, Victoria (located between Geelong and Melbourne, Australia)

  It is also the name of these places in New Zealand:

  • Avalon, New Zealand, located in Lower Hutt, is associated with the NZ film and television industry
  • Avalon Park, New Zealand, also in Lower Hutt

  Technology

  • Avalon is a user interface API designed by Microsoft that is expected to be included in Windows Longhorn.
  • The Avalon is an automobile model manufactured by Toyota Motor Corporation.
  • Avalon (DSRV) is a type of U.S. Navy Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV).
  • The Avalon Project is a digital library of documents held by the Yale Law School.
  • The Apache Avalon Project is a component-oriented programming framework developed by the Apache Software Foundation.
  • Avalon is the name of an education and research facility operated by The Geek Group.
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