Black Rock

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BlackRock is a global investment management firm.

Black Rock, Blackrock, Black Rocks, etc. may also refer to:

Places

Australia

• Black Rock, South Australia, a hamlet on the Black Rock Plains
• Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
• Blackrock, Queensland, a locality in Shire of Hinchinbrook
• Black Rock (Western Australia), in Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve
• Black Rocks, Queensland, rocky islets south of Bramble Cay in the Torres Strait
• Black Rocks, South Australia, an islet off the western Eyre Peninsula in Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park
• South Black Rock, an island off north-west Tasmania

Canada

• Black Rock, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
• Black Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Black Rock, Kings County, Nova Scotia
• Black Rock, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
• Blackrock Mountain (Alberta), Alberta
• Irish Commemorative Stone, also known as The Black Rock, a monument to Irish typhoid victims in Montreal

Ireland

• Blackrock, Cork, suburb of Cork city
• Blackrock, Dublin, southern coastal suburb of Dublin city
  • Blackrock railway station, railway station serving the Dublin city suburb
• Black Rock, Co. Limerick, mountain among the Ballyhouras
• Blackrock, County Louth, a village
• Blackrock Island, County Mayo, rocky islet toward Blacksod Bay, County Mayo
• Black Rock Mountain, County Wexford

New Zealand

• Black Rocks (Waikato)
• Black Rocks (Bay of Islands)
• Black Rocks (Kauri Bay)
• Black Rock Point (New Zealand)
• Black Rocks / Barrel Rocks
• Black Rock Scientific Reserve
• Black Rocks Scenic Reserve
• Black Rock Stream
• Pakikauokiwi / Black Rock
• The Black Rocks
• Motupotaka (Black Rocks)

South Georgia (Southern Atlantic)

• Black Rock, South Georgia, low rock well off Shag Rocks
• Black Rocks, South Georgia, near Framnaes Point

United Kingdom

• Black Rock (Brighton and Hove), an area near Brighton Marina, South East England
• Black Rock, a crossing of the River Severn at Portskewett, Monmouthshire
• Black Rock Gorge, through which the Allt Graad flows in Scotland
• Black Rocks (Derbyshire), England

United States

(sorted by state)

• Black Rock, Arizona, wilderness area of northwest Arizona
• Black Rock, Arkansas, city in Lawrence County
• Black Rocks, a geological feature in the Temescal Mountains, in Riverside County, California
• Black Rock Falls, waterfall in Uvas Canyon County Park, near Morgan Hill, California
• Black Rock, Bridgeport, Connecticut, a neighborhood
  • Black Rock Harbor, adjacent harbor in Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Black Rock State Park, near Watertown, Connecticut
• Black Rock Turnpike, a name for Connecticut State Route 58 in southwestern Connecticut
• Black Rock Mountain State Park, near Mountain City, Georgia
• Black Rock, Hawaii, an alternative name for Kāohikaipu, a volcanic island near Oahu
• Black Rock, Indiana, an extinct community in Warren County
• Black Rock (Bristol County, Massachusetts)
• Black Rock, a pillar in Montana
• Black Rock, Buffalo, former town and now a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York
• Black Rock Forest, nature preserve in the Hudson highlands of Orange County, New York
• Black Rock Desert, region of northwestern Nevada
• Black Rock, New Mexico, a census-designated place in northwestern New Mexico
• Black Rock, Buffalo, in New York
• Black Rock, Oregon, community in Polk County
• Blackrock, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania
• Blackrock, Rhode Island
• Black Rock (Great Salt Lake), a historic landmark in Tooele County, Utah
• Black Rock Desert volcanic field, Utah
• Black Rock, Millard County, Utah, a ghost town
• Blackrock, Washington
• Black Rock (West Virginia), a mountain

Elsewhere

• Black Rock Peak, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
• Black Rocks (Saint Kitts), a notable rock formation on the northeastern coast of Saint Kitts
• Black Rock (Heard Island)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Black Rock, a beached ship on the TV show Lost; see Mythology of Lost
• Blackrock (comics), an adversary of Superman's in DC Comics
• Blackrock Mountain, a mountain in the Warcraft universe, mostly seen in World of Warcraft
• G. B. Blackrock, a character in the Transformers comic book series

Films

• Black Rock (2012 film), a 2012 film starring Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, and Kate Bosworth
• Blackrock (film), a 1997 Australian film based on the 1992 play

Literature

• Black Rock (novel), by Steve Harris
• Blackrock (play), 1992 Australian play inspired by the real-life rape and murder of schoolgirl Leigh Leigh

Music

• Black Rock (band), dance production duo from France
• Black Rock (James Blood Ulmer album), 1982
• Black Rock (Joe Bonamassa album), 2010
• Black Rock (Onyx album), 2018
• Progressive soul, a music genre
• Psychedelic soul, a music genre

Buildings and structures

• Black Rock, a nickname for the CBS Building in New York City
• Black Rock Airport, New Mexico
• Black Rock Dam (Schuylkill River), Pennsylvania
• Black Rock Halt railway station, near Criccieth, Wales; closed in 1976
• Black Rock Lock, the terminal lock on the Black Rock Canal, part of the Erie Canal
• Blackrock railway station, in Blackrock, Dublin
• Blackrock Castle, in Blackrock, Cork
• BlackRock Center for the Arts, in Germantown, Maryland
• Blackrock Clinic, in Blackrock, Dublin
• The Black Rock, a memorial to Irish typhus victims in Goose Village, Montreal

Businesses and organisations

• Black Rock City, LLC, the U.S.-based organization behind the annual Burning Man festival
• Black Rock Coalition, a U.S.-based organization promoting black musicians
• Black Rock Studio, a U.K. video games developer
• Blackrock College, a secondary school in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland
• Blackrocks Brewery, a craft brewery in Marquette, Michigan, United States

Sports

• Black Rock FC, an American soccer club
• Black Rock Football Club, Australia
• Black Rock Yacht Club, Australia
• Blackrock College RFC, rugby club associated with Blackrock College in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
• Blackrock GAA (Blackrock Gaelic Athletic Association), also known as Blackrock Hunting Club, in Blackrock, Cork, Ireland
• Blackrock Rugby Festival, a schools' rugby festival hosted by St. Mary's School in Nairobi, Kenya

Other uses

• Black Rock (hen), variety of domestic chicken
• Blackrock (geology), type of limestone

See also

• Black Hill (disambiguation)
• Black Hills (disambiguation)
• Black metal
• Black Mountain (disambiguation)
• Black Mountains (disambiguation)
• Black Stone (disambiguation)
• Black Stone, a Muslim object of reverence in Mecca
• Blakroc, a 2009 collaboration project between the band The Black Keys and a number of hiphop and R&B artists
• Blackrock railway station (disambiguation)
• Blackstone (disambiguation)
• Blackstones (disambiguation)
• Lapis Niger (Latin: "Black Stone"), ancient shrine in Rome
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