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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
"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)