Northern Cross
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Northern Cross may refer to:
- Northern Cross, an asterismAsterism (astronomy)In astronomy, an asterism is a pattern of stars recognized on Earth's night sky. It may form part of an official constellation, or be composed of stars from more than one. Like constellations, asterisms are in most cases composed of stars which, while they are visible in the same general direction,...
in the constellation CygnusCygnus (constellation)Cygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way. Its name is the Latinized Hellenic word for swan. One of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross... - Northern Cross (pilgrimage)Northern Cross (pilgrimage)Northern Cross is an annual, ecumenical, Christian cross-carrying, walking pilgrimage to Lindisfarne that takes place at Easter. The pilgrimage was founded in 1976 by walkers from Student Cross seeking a new destination, who led a group of pilgrims on a walk from Penrith to Lindisfarne, taking it...
, an annual pilgrimage in northern England and the England-Scotland border - Northern Cross, the section of the M50 motorway (Ireland)M50 motorway (Ireland)The M50 motorway is a motorway in Ireland running in a C-shaped ring around the north-eastern, northern, western and southern sides of the capital city, Dublin. The northern end of the route is located at the entrance to the Dublin Port Tunnel. Anti-clockwise it heads northwest through the tunnel...
, from Junctions 1 to 6, built in the late 1990s