Alta

Alta or ALTA may refer to:

Acronyms

• American Land Title Association, a national trade association representing the land title industry
• American Literary Translators Association, an association of literary translators in the United States
• Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association
• Australasian Language Technology Association

Places

Canada

• "Alta.", an abbreviation for Alberta
• Alta Lake, British Columbia, a community now part of Whistler, British Columbia
• Alta Lake (British Columbia), a lake in Whistler, British Columbia
• Alta Creek, the official name of the River of Golden Dreams, in Whistler, British Columbia

Norway

• Alta, Norway, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
  • Alta (town), a town in the municipality of Alta in Finnmark county, Norway
  • Alta Airport, an airport in Finnmark county, Norway
  • Alta Church, a church in Alta municipality, Finnmark county, Norway

Sweden

• Älta, a locality in Nacka Municipality

Ukraine

• Alta River, a small river in Ukraine

United States

• Alta California ("Upper California"), the Mexican territory that later became the U.S. state of California
• Alta, California, a community in Placer County, California
• Alta, Illinois, a community in Peoria County, Illinois
• Alta, Indiana, a town in Vermillion County, Indiana
• Alta, Iowa, a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa
• Alta, Utah, a town in Salt Lake County, Utah
  • Alta Ski Area, a ski area located in the Wasatch Mountains, in Salt Lake County, Utah.
• Alta, Fayette County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia
• Alta, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
• Alta, Wyoming, a community in Teton County, Wyoming
• Alta Lake State Park, a park in the northwest interior of the state of Washington

Other uses

• Alta (dye), a red paste used by women in India, to paint the borders of the feet
• Alta (poet) (Alta Gerrey, born 1942), poet and prose writer from Oakland, California
• Alta (novel), a 2004 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey
• Alta (vehicles), a Greek manufacturer of cars, light trucks and motorcycles
• Alta Bike Share, a provider of bicycle sharing systems in the United States and Australia
• Alta Car and Engineering Company, an English automobile and a Formula One racing manufacturer
• Alta Group Newspapers, a defunct newspaper publisher in the northeastern United States
• Alta Newspaper Group, a newspaper publisher in Western Canada and Quebec
• Alta Records, Dallas, Texas
• Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance, an initiative to conserve the Amur leopard and Amur tiger
• Spanish term equivalent to the dance Saltarello

See also

• Alta capella, a 20th-century musicological term for Renaissance wind ensembles
• AltaVista, search engine
• Treno Alta Velocità, High Velocity Train
• Alto (disambiguation)
• Altamont (disambiguation)