Whale (disambiguation)

A whale is a sea mammal.

Whale or The Whale may also refer to:

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"

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
 * Crypto whale, individuals or entities that hold large amounts of cryptocurrency
 * Naver Whale, a Web browser
 * The Whale, a housing project by Danish West 8
 * Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE)