El Capitan (accented Capitán, "The Captain" in Spanish) is the name of a rock formation in Yosemite National Park, California.

El Capitan may also refer to:

Locations

Agathla Peak, a peak south of Monument Valley, Arizona, is also known as El Capitan
Pike's Peak, previously named El Capitan by early Spanish explorers
El Capitan (Idaho), a peak in the Sawtooth Range, Blaine County, Idaho
El Capitan (Mars), a rock on the planet Mars
El Capitan (San Diego), a peak in East County, California, US
El Capitan (Texas), a mountain in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, US
El Capitan Dam, San Diego River, California, US
El Capitan Reservoir or Lake, a reservoir in central San Diego County, California, US
El Capitán State Beach, California, US
El Capitan (Montana), a peak in the Bitterroot Range of western Montana, US
El Capitan Pit, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, the deepest limestone pit in the US

Buildings

El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood, California
Playhouse Theatre (Portland, Oregon), formerly El Capitan
El Capitan Entertainment Centre, formerly Hollywood Masonic Temple, Hollywood, California

SS El Capitan, a cargo ship of Southern Pacific Company's Atlantic Steamship Lines (Morgan Line), serving as USS El Capitan (ID-1407) briefly in World War I and finally lost in World War II after dispersal of Convoy PQ 17
SS El Capitan (1923), a Design 1049 cargo ship, previously Meridan and later USS Majaba serving through World War II now a dive site in Subic Bay, Philippines
El Capitan (ferry), a San Francisco Bay ferry from 1868 to 1925
El Capitan (train), a named passenger train

El Capitan (film), a 1978 film directed and produced by Fred Padula
El Capitan (DuckTales), a villain from Disney's animated television series DuckTales

El Capitan (operetta), composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896
- "El Capitan" (march), comprising themes from the Sousa operetta
"El Capitan" (Idlewild song), by Scottish indie band Idlewild
"El Capitan" (OPM song), a song by Californian-based band OPM
El Capitan, album by Tony Pabón 1974
El Capitan, album by Utah Phillips 1975
"El Capitán", mambo by Tony Pabón

"El Capitan" (supercomputer), located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
El Capitan Books, a publisher of independent comic books and graphic novels
OS X El Capitan, the twelfth major release of the Mac OS X operating system from Apple Inc.
Texas Derby, a.k.a. El Capitan series, an annual soccer competition between Texas teams Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas
El Capitan, a meteorite