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)

    “When the inhabitants of some sequestered island first descry the “big canoe” of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their shores, they rush down to the beach in crowds, and with open arms stand ready to embrace the strangers. Fatal embrace! They fold to their bosoms the vipers whose sting is destined to poison all their joys; and the instinctive feeling of love within their breasts is soon converted into the bitterest hate.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)