End of the world

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End of the world may refer to:

• The ultimate fate of the universe, in cosmology
• The end of planet Earth, ultimate fate of planet Earth
• Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth, future doomsday scenarios covering the end of civilization, humanity or the planet.
• Eschatology and end times, the end of the world in religious prophecy and mythology
• The end of the world (philosophy), the notion that certain ideas could result in the "end of the world"
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, a common subject in fiction

[edit] Popular culture references

In music:

• End of the World (album), an album by Aphrodite's Child
• "End of the World" (The Cure song), a song by The Cure
• "The End of the World" (song), a song by Skeeter Davis
• "The End of the World" (Angela song), a song by Angela
• End of the World Party (Just in Case), an album by Medeski Martin & Wood
• "Until the End of the World" (song), a song by U2
• "When the World Ends" (song), a song by the Dave Matthews Band
• Happy End of the World, an album by Pizzicato Five
• Smile, It's The End of the World, an album by Hawk Nelson
• The Light at the End of the World, an album by My Dying Bride
• "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)", a song by R.E.M.

In other media:

• The End of the World (novel), the English title of Camille Flammarion's 1893 science fiction novel La Fin du Monde.
• End of the World (film), a film by John Hayes
• The End of the World (animation), a popular Flash animation depicting the humorously modern nuclear crisis
• The End of the World (Doctor Who), the second episode of the 2005 television series Doctor Who
• The End of the World, the English title of the Danish film Verdens Undergang
• Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, a novel by Haruki Murakami
• Le Phare du bout du monde ("The Light at the Edge of the World"), a novel by Jules Verne inspired by the lighthouse on Isla de los Estados
  • The Light at the Edge of the World, the 1971 film version of the novel
• Until the End of the World, a 1991 movie by Wim Wenders
• Panic in Year Zero! (AKA End of the World), a 1962 Nuclear war film

[edit] Geographic locations known as "the end of the world"

• Land's End (disambiguation)
• St._Kilda, Scotland, as indicated in a song by Scottish Band Runrig]
• Finistere in Brittany
• Cape Finisterre in Spain
• The meridian of El Hierro left the Old World at its east
• Madagascar
• Montauk, a town on the eastern most end of Long Island, New York
• New Zealand
• Verdens Ende (literally "End of the world") a place located south of Oslo, Norway
• Yamal Peninsula, in northern Russia
• Patagonia
  • The lighthouse at Isla de los Estados is better known as Faro del fin del mundo ("Lighthouse at the end of the world")
• Timbuktu, as in the phrase "from here to Timbuktu", on the south end of a trans-Saharan trade route

[edit] See also

• World's End