Whale (disambiguation)

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A whale is a sea mammal.

Whale or The Whale may also refer to:

In print

• Moby-Dick or The Whale, a novel by Herman Melville
• The Whale (poem), a poem in Old English
• Tobias Whale, a comic book villain
• Whale (improbable), a character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Music

• Whale (band), a Swedish pop group
• "The Whale" (Electric Light Orchestra song), a song by Electric Light Orchestra from the album Out of the Blue
• "Whales", a song by Scale the Summit from the album The Collective
• The Whale (Tavener), a cantata by English composer John Tavener

Places

• Whale, Cumbria, England, a hamlet
• Whale Cove (Oregon), USA
• Whale Cove, Nunavut, Canada
• Whale Island, Hampshire, England
• Whale Island, New Zealand
• Whale Island, in the Torres Strait, Australia
• Whale Lake, Minnesota, USA
• Whale Rock, Rhode Island, USA
• Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Film and television

• Whale (film), a 1970 Bulgarian comedy
• The Whale (2011 film), a 2011 documentary film
• The Whale (2013 film), a 2013 BBC television film
• "The Whale" (The Office), an episode of the US TV series The Office

Sports

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

In the military

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

People

• Whale (surname)
• Brian Roberts (Australian rules footballer), nicknamed "The Whale"

Other

• Cetus, a constellation also known as "The Whale"
• slang for a high roller, a type of casino gambler
• Whale (ship) (1810–1816), a sailing vessel
• Whale (computer virus), a malicious program
• The Whale, a housing project by Danish West 8
• W.H.A.L.E., a fictional vehicle in the G.I. Joe universe
• Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE)

See also

• Whale barnacle, a mollusk
• Whale louse, a parasitic crustacean
• Whale shark, a fish
• Wael, Arabic surname
• Wail, commune in France
• Wale (disambiguation)
• Wales (disambiguation)
• Whaling, the hunting of whales
• WAAL, a New York radio station