Farallon

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Farallon (Farallón meaning cliff in the Spanish Language) may refer to:

Places

Northern Mariana Islands

California

Panama

Oceans

  • Farallon Plate, ancient oceanic plate
  • Farallon Trench, ancient oceanic trench on the west coast of North America during the Late Cretaceous period
  • Kula-Farallon Ridge, ancient mid-ocean ridge between the Kula and Farallon plates in the Pacific Ocean during the Jurassic period
  • Pacific-Farallon Ridge, former mid-ocean ridge between the Pacific and Farallon plates in the Pacific Ocean during the Tertiary period

Companies

  • Farallon Capital, American capital management firm
  • Farallon Computing, later known as Netopia, known for PhoneNet networking and Timbuktu remote control software