Whale (disambiguation)

A whale is a sea mammal.

Whale may also refer to:

Animals

• Whale barnacle, a mollusk
• Whale louse, a parasitic crustacean
• Whale shark, a fish

Buildings

• Ingalls Rink, Yale University, commonly referred to as "The Whale"
• The Whale, a housing project by Danish West 8

Literature

• Moby-Dick or The Whale, a novel by Herman Melville
• The Whale (poem), a poem in Old English
• Tobias Whale, a comic book villain
• Whale (improbable), a character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Music

• Whale (band), a Swedish pop group
• The Whale (ELO song), a song by Electric Light Orchestra
• The Whale (Tavener), cantata by the 20th-century English composer John Tavener

People

• Brian Roberts (Australian rules footballer), nicknamed 'The Whale'
• James Whale, film director
• James Whale (radio), British radio & TV presenter

Places

• Whale, Cumbria, England
• Whale Cove (Oregon), USA
• Whale Cove, Nunavut, Canada
• Whale Island, Canada
• Whale Island, New Zealand
• Whale Island, United Kingdom
• Whale Island, in the Torres Strait, Australia
• Whale Lake, Minnesota
• Whale Rock, Rhode Island

Sports Teams

• Hartford Whalers, a former NHL franchise nicknamed "the whale"
• Connecticut Whale, a current American Hockey League franchise

Vehicles

• A-3 Skywarrior, a carrier-based aircraft nicknamed "the whale"
• USS Whale, ships of the US Navy
• Whale (ship) (1810–1816), a sailing vessel
• W.H.A.L.E., a fictional vehicle in the G.I. Joe universe

Other

• Cetus, a constellation also known as "The Whale"
• High roller, a type of casino gambler
• Whale (computer virus), a malicious program

See also

• Wale, a plank used as a specific component of timber structures
• Wales (disambiguation)
• Whaling, the hunting of whales