Whiting

Whiting is the name of several species of fish:

• Merlangius merlangus, the original species to receive the name; a common food fish of the cod family found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean around Europe and the Mediterranean regions
• Whiting (fish), various other fish species in North America, Australia and throughout the Indo-Pacific region

Whiting may also refer to:

• Powdered and washed white chalk (calcium carbonate), used in putty, metal polish, whitewash and sometimes added to paint to improve the paint's opacity

Places

In the United Kingdom:

• Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran, Scotland

In the United States of America:

• Whiting, Indiana
• Whiting, Iowa
• Whiting, Kansas
• Whiting, Maine
• Whiting, New Jersey
• Whiting, Vermont
• Whiting, Wisconsin

Geography

• Whiting River, a river in Alaska and British Columbia
• Whiting Peak, a scattered group of peaks and nunataks in Antarctica
• Mount Whiting, a pyramidal mountain in Antarctica
• Whiting Rocks, a three rocks off the coast of Antarctica

Military

• Naval Air Station Whiting Field, a US air base in Florida
• NAS Whiting Field – North, a section of Naval Air Station Whiting Field
• NAS Whiting Field – South, a section of Naval Air Station Whiting Field
• HMS Whiting, the name of six ships of the Royal Navy
• HMS Whiting (1889), the previous name of the HMS Boomerang (1889)
• USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14)
• USS Whiting (SS-433)

Other

• Whiting (surname)
• Whiting School of Engineering, a division of Johns Hopkins University
• School City of Whiting, a school district headquartered in Whiting, Indiana
• Whiting Writers' Award
• Whiting Motor Car Company, an early automobile manufacturer in Flint (Michigan) 1910-1912
• Whiting Refinery, an oil refinery operated by BP
• The Whiting (auditorium), an auditorium in Michigan
• Whiting House, the name of many houses in the United States
• Whiting Homestead, a house in Connecticut
• Whitings Hill Open Space, a large public open space in Barnet, England
• Whiting reaction, an organic chemical reaction
• Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States