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"
• Belton Regio on Pluto, unofficially nicknamed the 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, the English name of Moutohora Island in 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
• Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck, a character from Monk

Films

• Whale (film), a 1970 Bulgarian comedy satirizing the defects of the Bulgarian economic and social structure
• The Whale (2011 film), a 2011 documentary film about a killer whale (orca) living in Nootka Sound, Canada
• The Whale (2013 film), a 2013 BBC television film about the Essex whaleship and its sinking in 1820
• The Whale (2022 film), a drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Brendan Fraser and based on the 2012 play

Literature

• "The Whale" (poem), an Old English poem
• The Whale (play), a 2012 stage play by Samuel D. Hunter
• Moby-Dick or The Whale, an 1851 novel by Herman Melville
• Whale (novel), a 2004 novel by Cheon Myeong-kwan

Music

• Whale (band), a Swedish alternative pop rock band
• "Whale" (song), by Catatonia, 1994
• "The Whale" (Tavener), a dramatic cantata by John Tavener
• "The Whale", an instrumental by Electric Light Orchestra from Out of the Blue
• "Flying Whales", a song by Gojira, from From Mars to Sirius
• "Whales", a song by Scale the Summit from The Collective

Radio

• KAGT, previously branded as The Whale, an Abilene, Texas radio station
• WAAL, branded as 99.1 The Whale, a New York radio station
• WBHU, previously branded as 105.5 The Whale, a St. Augustine Beach, Florida radio station
• WDRC-FM, branded as 102.9 The Whale, a Hartford, Connecticut radio station

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, US

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
• Soviet submarine S-99, the only ship of the experimental Whale class submarine

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
• A Whale, a Liberian-flagged ore-oil carrier ship
• Whale (gambling) or 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