Whale (disambiguation)

A whale is a sea mammal.

Whale or The Whale may also refer to:

Places

Extraterrestrial

• Cetus, a constellation also known as "The Whale"
• Cthulhu Regio on Pluto, unofficially called Whale

United Kingdom

• Whale, Cumbria, England, a hamlet
• Whale Island, Hampshire, England

United States

• Whale Cove (Oregon)
• Whale Lake, Minnesota
• Whale Rock, Rhode Island

Elsewhere

• Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
• Whale Cove, Nunavut, Canada
• Whale Island, New Zealand
• Whale Island, an island in the Torres Strait, Australia
• Whale Sound, Greenland

People

• Whale (surname)
• Brian Roberts (Australian rules footballer), an Australian football player known as "The Whale"

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

• Whale (improbable), a minor character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• W.H.A.L.E., a fictional vehicle in the G.I. Joe universe
• Tannin (monster), a Levantine sea monster translated as "whale" in the King James Version of the Bible
• Tobias Whale, a comic book villain

Films

• Whale (film), a 1970 Bulgarian comedy
• The Whale (2011 film), a 2011 documentary film
• The Whale (2013 film), a 2013 BBC television film

Literature

• "The Whale" (poem), an Old English poem
• The Whale, a 2012 stage play by Samuel D. Hunter.
• Moby-Dick, Herman Melville's 1851 novel, also called The Whale

Music

• Whale (band), a Swedish alternative pop rock band
• "The Whale" (Electric Light Orchestra song) on the album Out of the Blue
• "The Whale" (Tavener), a dramatic cantata by the 20th-century English composer John Tavener
• "Whale", a song by Yellow Ostrich from the album "Mistress"
• "Whales", a song by Scale the Summit from the album The Collective

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• "The Whale" (The Office), an episode of the US TV series The Office
• Whale (sculpture), an outdoor wooden sculpture in Cannon Beach, Oregon

Military

• USS Whale, ships of the US Navy
• Douglas A-3 Skywarrior, a carrier-based aircraft nicknamed "The Whale"
• Operation Whale, two aborted World War II-era German intelligence plans

Sports

• Chicago Whales, a professional baseball team in the Federal League in 1914 and 1915
• Connecticut Whale, a former American Hockey League team, now called the Hartford Wolf Pack
• Hartford Whalers, a former NHL franchise nicknamed "The Whale"
• Ingalls Rink, Yale University, an ice hockey rink commonly referred to as "The Whale"
• Irish Whales or "The Whales", nickname of a group of Irish and Irish-American athletes who dominated weight-throwing events in the early 20th century

Other uses

• Whale (computer virus), a malicious program
• Whale (ship), a sloop which disappeared in 1816
• "Whale", slang for high roller, a gambler who consistently wagers large amounts of money
• Naver Whale, a Web browser
• The Whale, a housing project by Danish West 8
• Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE)

See also

• Wael, an Arabic surname
• Wail (disambiguation)
• Wale (disambiguation)
• Wales (disambiguation)
• Wales, a country of the United Kingdom
• WAAL, pronounced "Whale", a New York radio station