Whale Island

Whale Island is the name of several islands, including:

  • Whale Island (Alaska)
  • Whale Island, Canada
  • Whale Island, New Zealand
  • Whale Island, United Kingdom
  • Whale Island, an island in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia

Famous quotes containing the words whale and/or island:

    And one rose in a tent of sea and gave
    A darkening shudder; water fell away;
    The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.
    Yvor Winters (1900–1968)

    Know that, on the right hand of the Indies, there is an island called California, very near to the Terrestrial Paradise, which was peopled with black women.... Their arms were all of gold.
    —For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)