Escalante Explained

Escalante may refer to:

People

• Amat Escalante (born 1979), Mexican filmmaker
• Bernardino de Escalante (1537–after 1605), 16th-century Spanish writer, author of one of the first European books on China
• Enrique Escalante (born 1984), Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Francis García Escalante, Mexican transvestite who has become a famous actor
• Gonzalo Escalante (born 1993), Argentine footballer
• Jaime Escalante (1930–2010), Bolivian former mathematics teacher
• Joe Escalante (born 1963), American musician
• Jorge Volpi (born 1968), Mexican writer
• José Escalante (born 1995), Honduran footballer
• Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Spanish padre and explorer in North America

Places

United States

• The Escalante, a hotel in Ash Fork, Arizona
• Escalante, Utah
• Escalante Butte, of Eastern Grand Canyon
• Escalante Desert, Utah
• Escalante River, Utah
• Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah
  • Escalante National Monument, Utah

Elsewhere

• Escalante Department, an administrative district in Argentina
• Escalante (El Apagado), a volcano in Chile
• Escalante, Negros Occidental, Philippines
• Escalante, Cantabria, Spain
• Escalante River (Venezuela)
• 5095 Escalante, an asteroid
• Escalante (Martian crater), a crater on Mars

Other uses

• Escalante massacre, 1985 in Escalante, Negros Occidental, Philippines
• Escalante syndrome or Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic disorder