Echolocation Explained

Echolocation is the use of sound as a form of navigation.

Navigation using sound

• Acoustic location, the general use of sound to locate objects.
  • Animal echolocation, non-human animals emitting sound waves and listening to the echo in order to locate objects or navigate.
  • Human echolocation, the use of sound by people to navigate.
  • Sonar (sound navigation and ranging), the use of sound on water or underwater, to navigate or to locate other watercraft, usually by submarines.
  • Echo sounding, listening to the echo of sound pulses to measure the distance to the bottom of the sea, a special case of Sonar.
  • Medical ultrasonography, the use of ultrasound echoes to look inside the body.

Other

• Echolocation (album), a 2001 album by Fruit Bats
• Echolocation, a 2017 album by Gone Is Gone

See also

• Radar, locating objects by detecting the echo of emitted radio waves
• Lidar, locating objects by detecting the echo of emitted laser beams
• Time to Echolocate, a 2005 album by The Ebb and Flow