Places
- Tortuga (Haiti), a 17th century pirate stronghold
- Freeport Tortuga, a free port project on Tortuga
- Isla Tortuga, in Baja California Sur, Mexico
- La Tortuga Island, in the Caribbean Sea, Venezuela
- Tortuga Island, Peru, in the department of Ancash
- Tortuga Island, Costa Rica, in the Pacific Ocean.
- Tortuga Island, Ecuador, in the Galápagos Islands.
- Dry Tortugas, a group of islands in the Florida Keys
- Dry Tortugas National Park, consisting of Fort Jefferson and the Dry Tortugas
- Tortuga, California, an unincorporated community in Imperial County
- Tortuga: Pirates of the New World, a computer game set in the Golden Age of Piracy era
- Coliseo La Tortuga, an indoor sporting arena in Talcahuano, Chile
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