Napier

Napier may refer to:

People

• Napier (surname)
• John Napier (1550–1617) was a Scottish mathematician, physicist and astronomer.

Places

Antarctica

• Napier Mountains, a group of peaks named for John Mellis Napier

Australia

• Electoral district of Napier, a state electoral district in South Australia
• Mount Napier, a dormant volcano in Victoria (last erupted about 5,290 BC)
• Napier Range, a mountain range in Western Australia
• Napier County, New South Wales
• Napier, New South Wales, a locality in the Riverina region

Canada

• Napier, Ontario, a hamlet in Middlesex County
• Napierville, Quebec

New Zealand

• Napier, New Zealand, a city
• Napier (New Zealand electorate), a parliamentary electorate

South Africa

• Napier, Western Cape, named for Sir George Thomas Napier

United States

• Napier Field, Alabama
• Napier Gap, a gap in Georgia
• Napier Township, Pennsylvania
• Napier, West Virginia

Transportation

• Napier & Son, a British engine manufacturer
• Napier-Railton, an aero-engined racing car built in 1933
• The Napier-Bentley, a vintage racing car
• American Napier (automobile), an early automobile
• Air Napier, a charter airline in New Zealand
• Napier Express, a New Zealand passenger express train
• HMS Napier, a number of ships in the British Royal Navy

Other uses

• Clan Napier, a Scottish clan
• Edinburgh Napier University, in Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the mathematician
• Napier earthquake, a 1931 earthquake in New Zealand
• Napier's constant, another name for e (see John Napier above)
• Pennisetum purpureum or Napier Grass
• Napier88, a programming language named after the mathematician
• Napier a British heavy metal band
• Napier Enterprises, developer and distributor of vehicle camping tents
• Napier Museum, in Kerala, India, named for Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, governor of Madras
• Napier Company (jewellery), maker of the "Napier" brand of jewellery
• 125th Napier's Rifles, a historical British military regiment, named for General Sir Charles James Napier
• 7096 Napier, a Mars-orbit crossing asteroid

See also

• Neper