Thule ( , , ) was, in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography, a semi-mythical place located in the far north, usually an island. Thule may also refer to: People Thule people, ancestors of the Inuit Places Thule, Greenland Thule Harbor, Greenland Thule Island, in the South Sandwich Islands Thule Islands, a group of Antarctic islands Mount Thule, Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada; a mountain 279 Thule, an asteroid Thule, the smaller lobe of the trans-Neptunian object 486958 Arrokoth, nicknamed Ultima Thule at the time of the New Horizons flyby Fictional locations Thule, a fictional version of Greenland in the Kinderen van Moeder Aarde novels by Thea Beckman Companies and organizations Thule Group, a Sweden-based company which designs and manufactures outdoor and cargo products Thule Society, a German occultist group and forerunner of the Nazi Party White Order of Thule, an American white supremacist group Military Thule Air Base, USAF/NORAD base on Greenland Thule Tracking Station, USAF station on Greenland Radio Mast Thule, a longwave guyed transmission tower in Greenland , a Swedish navy ship name , a British navy ship name Other uses Graphium thule (G. thule) a species of butterfly See also 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash Thulegate, a political scandal involving nuclear weapons Ultima Thule (disambiguation) Thyle, a court position Taake, a black metal band from Norway formerly known as Thule.