Orca (disambiguation)

Orca is another name for a killer whale, the world's biggest dolphin species.

Orca, ORCA or Orcas may also refer to:

People

 * Quintus Valerius Orca (fl. 50s–40s B.C.), Roman praetor and officer under Julius Caesar

Places

 * Orca Basin, a mini-basin in the northern Gulf of Mexico
 * Orca Bay (Alaska), a bay near the town of Cordova
 * Orca (carbon capture plant), facility that uses direct air capture to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
 * Orca gas field, a North Sea gas field
 * Orca Inlet, serves as an inlet to Prince William Sound from the Gulf of Alaska
 * Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juan Islands in Washington state
 * Orcas Island Airport, the correspondent airport of the island
 * Orcas Village, Washington (sometimes just called Orcas), a community on the island
 * Sandford Orcas, a village and parish in north west Dorset, England

Fictional characters and vehicles

 * Orca (DC Comics), the name of two different comic book characters
 * Orca (.hack), a character in the .hack video game series
 * Orca, a fictional fishing vessel in the 1975 film Jaws

Film

 * Orca (1977 film), a horror film
 * Orca (2021 film), an Iranian sports film
 * Orca (2020 film), a Swedish drama film

Literature

 * Orca (novel), a 1996 fantasy novel by Steven Brust

Music

 * Orcas (duo), a Pacific Northwest duo
 * Orca (C-Bo album), 2012
 * Orca Symphony No. 1, an album by Serj Tankian
 * "Orca", a song by Deadmau5, from his 2006 album Vexillology and 2009 compilation album At Play Vol. 2
 * Orca, an album by Gus Dapperton

Organizations

 * Opinion Research Center of Afghanistan
 * Orca Air, a 1996–2003 Egyptian regional airline
 * Orca Airways, a 2005–2018 small scheduled and charter airline based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 * Orca Engineering, a Swiss sports car manufacturing company
 * Orca (company), a New Zealand wetsuit and sports apparel manufacturer
 * Organization for Respect and Care for Animals, an animal welfare organization
 * Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, a conservation authority in Ontario, Canada

Technology and computing

 * The Online Representations and Certifications Application website, now superseded by the US government's System for Award Management
 * Orca, a Windows Installer database editor
 * Orca (assistive technology), part of the free and open source GNOME desktop environment
 * ORCA (quantum chemistry program)
 * Orcas, the codename for Visual Studio 2008
 * Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss, part of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope
 * ORCA (computer system), a "get out the vote" application created by Mitt Romney's 2012 U.S. presidential campaign

Transportation

 * Orca (supercar), a Swiss supercar
 * ORCA card, a smart card for public transit in the central Puget Sound region of Washington State, USA
 * Orca-class patrol vessel, a class of training vessels for the Canadian Navy
 * USS Orca, several United States Navy ships
 * Orca (AUV), autonomous underwater vehicle under development by Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries

Other

 * Orca (dog) (2001–2014), a golden retriever and winner of the PDSA Gold Medal
 * Omni Role Combat Aircraft (ORCA), an Indian aircraft development program
 * Seattle Orcas, a team in Major League Cricket