Whiting
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Whiting is the name of
- powdered and washed white chalk (calcium carbonate)
Fish
- Merlangius merlangus, the original fish species to receive the name; a common food fish of the cod family found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean around Europe and the Mediterranean regions
- Whiting (fish), various other fish species in North America, Australia and throughout the Indo-Pacific region
Places
In the United States and Canada
- Whiting, Indiana
- Whiting, Iowa
- Whiting, Kansas
- Whiting, Maine
- Whiting, Missouri
- Whiting, New Jersey
- Whiting, Vermont
- Whiting, Wisconsin
- Whiting, Wyoming
- Whiting Bay (Maine), US
- Whiting Farms, Holyoke, Massachusetts, neighborhood
- Whiting Hill, mountain in Dukes County, Massachusetts, US
- Whiting Peak (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia, Canada
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park, a hiking location near Lake Forest, California
- Whiting River, a river in Alaska and British Columbia
- Whiting River (Connecticut), a stream in Massachusetts and Connecticut, US
- Whiting Township, North Dakota, in Bowman County, North Dakota, US
- Whiting Township, Jackson County, Kansas, US
Elsewhere
People
Aviation
Buildings
Education
Ships
- HMS Whiting, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy, including:
- NOAAS Whiting (S 329), an American survey ship in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1970 to 2003, and previously in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1963 to 1970 as USC&GS Whiting (CSS 29)
- USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14), a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1958
- USS Whiting (SS-433), a proposed United States Navy submarine cancelled in 1944 prior to construction
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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