Alta Vista (disambiguation)

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Alta Vista (Spanish and Portuguese expression that literally means "a view from above") may refer to:

• AltaVista, search engine company, which is now owned by Yahoo!
• AltaVista Firewall, discontinued firewall product from Digital Equipment Corporation

Place names

Belize

• Alta Vista, Belize, a village in Stann Creek District, Belize

Canada

• Alta Vista, Ottawa, neighbourhood in the country's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario
  • Alta Vista Drive, suburban road in the Alta Vista neighbourhood of Ottawa
  • Alta Vista Ward, municipal election ward which includes the Alta Vista neighborhood, along with others in Ottawa

United States

• Alta Vista, California (disambiguation)
  • Alta Vista, Inyo County, California
  • Alta Vista, Tulare County, California
• Alta Vista, Iowa
• Alta Vista, Kansas
• Alta Vista Township, Minnesota
• Alta Vista, Missouri
• Altavista, Virginia
• Alta Vista High School (Arizona), in Tucson, Arizona
• Alta Vista High School (California), in Mountain View, California

Mexico

• Altavista petroglyph complex, in Nayarit, Mexico
• Altavista (Zacatecas), a mesoamerican archaeological site

People

• Juan Carlos Altavista, an Argentine actor

See also

• Atavist, a multimedia publishing platform