# Barrier

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A **barrier** or [barricade](/source/Barricade) is a physical structure which blocks or impedes something.

**Barrier** may also refer to:

## Places

- [Barrier, Kentucky](/source/Barrier,_Kentucky), a community in the United States
- [Barrier, Voerendaal](/source/Barrier,_Voerendaal), a place in the municipality of [Voerendaal](/source/Voerendaal), Netherlands
- [Barrier Bay](/source/Barrier_Bay), an open bay in Antarctica
- Barrier Canyon, the former name of [Horseshoe Canyon (Utah)](/source/Horseshoe_Canyon_(Utah))
- Barrier Mountain, the former name of [Mount Baldy (Alberta)](/source/Mount_Baldy_(Alberta))
- [Barrier Ranges](/source/Barrier_Ranges), a mountain range in New South Wales, Australia
- [Division of Barrier](/source/Division_of_Barrier), a former Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales
- The Barrier, a common synonym for the city of [Broken Hill, New South Wales](/source/Broken_Hill,_New_South_Wales)

- - *[The Barrier Miner](/source/The_Barrier_Miner)*, the city's newspaper - [Barrier Highway](/source/Barrier_Highway), in Australia, from SA to NSW via Broken Hill

- [The Barrier](/source/The_Barrier), a lava dam in British Columbia, Canada
- [The Barrier (Kenya)](/source/The_Barrier_(Kenya)), an active shield volcano in Kenya
- The Barrier, an early name for the [Ross Ice Shelf](/source/Ross_Ice_Shelf), Antarctica

## In arts and entertainment

### Film

- [*The Barrier* (1917 film)](/source/The_Barrier_(1917_film)), a lost 1917 American silent drama film
- [*The Barrier* (1926 film)](/source/The_Barrier_(1926_film)), a silent film
- [*The Barrier* (1937 film)](/source/The_Barrier_(1937_film)), an American film
- *[Barrier (film)](/source/Barrier_(film))*, a 1966 Polish film, released in the U.S. as *Barrier*
- [*The Barrier* (1972 film)](/source/The_Barrier_(1972_film)), an Egyptian film; see [Gheorghe Dinică](/source/Gheorghe_Dinic%C4%83)
- [*The Barrier* (1979 film)](/source/The_Barrier_(1979_film)), a Bulgarian film
- [*The Barrier* (1990 film)](/source/The_Barrier_(1990_film)), a Bahraini film

### Games

- [*Barrier* (video game)](/source/Barrier_(video_game)), a 1979 arcade game by Vectorbeam

### Music

- [*Barriers* (album)](/source/Barriers_(album)), by Frank Iero (2019)
- "Barrier", a 1985 song by Simon Townshend on the album *[Moving Target](/source/Moving_Target_(Simon_Townshend_album))*
- "Barriers", a song by Suede on their 2013 album *[Bloodsports](/source/Bloodsports_(album))*
- "Barrier", a track from [the soundtrack](/source/Undertale_Soundtrack) of the 2015 video game *Undertale* by Toby Fox

### Television

- *[Barriers (TV series)](/source/Barriers_(TV_series))*, a UK television series
- [*The Barrier* (TV series)](/source/The_Barrier_(TV_series)), a 2020 Spanish-language dystopian drama TV series

## Other uses

- [Barrier (surname)](/source/Barrier_(surname))
- [Barrier (computer science)](/source/Barrier_(computer_science)), a type of synchronization in parallel computing
- [*Barrier* (video game)](/source/Barrier_(video_game)), a 1979 maze arcade game
- [Barrier Air](/source/Barrier_Air), a New Zealand airline
- [Barrier cream](/source/Barrier_cream), hand cream
- *[USS Barrier](/source/USS_Barrier)*, a minesweeper in the U.S. Navy
- [Barrier option](/source/Barrier_option), a type of financial derivative

## See also

- [Concrete barrier (disambiguation)](/source/Concrete_barrier_(disambiguation))
- [Great Barrier (disambiguation)](/source/Great_Barrier_(disambiguation))
- [Barrière (disambiguation)](/source/Barri%C3%A8re_(disambiguation))
- [Barrier Lake (disambiguation)](/source/Barrier_Lake_(disambiguation))

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