Whale (disambiguation)

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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

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[1]
  • 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
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  1. ^ Rossolillo, Nicholas. "Bitcoin Whale: Defined & Explained". The Motley Fool. Retrieved 2024-07-12.