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

Places

Northern Mariana Islands

• Farallon de Medinilla, small island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain
• Farallon de Pajaros (Birds Rock), the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain
• Farallon de Torres, a former name of Zealandia Bank in the Northern Mariana Islands chain

California

• Farallon Island Light, lighthouse on Southeast Farallon Island, California
• Farallon Islands, group of islands and rocks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, USA
  • Farallon Steamship Disaster, wooden steamship hit Black Reef in the Farallon Islands in 1910 and sank in Alaska

Panama

• Farallon (island), 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

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