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:

    In clear weather the laziest may look across the Bay as far as Plymouth at a glance, or over the Atlantic as far as human vision reaches, merely raising his eyelids; or if he is too lazy to look after all, he can hardly help hearing the ceaseless dash and roar of the breakers. The restless ocean may at any moment cast up a whale or a wrecked vessel at your feet. All the reporters in the world, the most rapid stenographers, could not report the news it brings.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    An island always pleases my imagination, even the smallest, as a small continent and integral portion of the globe. I have a fancy for building my hut on one. Even a bare, grassy isle, which I can see entirely over at a glance, has some undefined and mysterious charm for me.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)