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chalk Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor. Ch ...

(calcium carbonate)

Fish

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Merlangius merlangus ''Merlangius merlangus'', commonly known as whiting or merling, is an important food fish in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean and the northern Mediterranean, western Baltic, and Black Sea. In Anglophonic countries outside the whiting's natural ...

'', 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) A number of Actinopterygiian fish have been given the common name whiting. Gadiformes (cod-like) * The fish originally known by the name "whiting" in English is ''Merlangius merlangus'', in the family Gadidae. This species inhabits the eastern Atla ...

, various other fish species in North America, Australia and throughout the Indo-Pacific region

Places

In the United States and Canada

Whiting, Indiana Whiting ( ) is a city located in the Chicago Metropolitan Area in Lake County, Indiana, which was founded in 1889. The city is located on the southern shore of Lake Michigan. It is roughly 16 miles from the Chicago Loop and two miles from Chicago ...

Whiting, Iowa Whiting is a city in Monona County, Iowa, United States. The population was 745 at the time of the 2020 census. History A post office called Whiting has been in operation since 1873. The city was named for Charles E. Whiting, a local farmer. Ge ...

Whiting, Kansas Whiting is a city in Jackson County, Kansas, Jackson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 191. History Whiting was founded in 1866. It was named for Mrs. Martha S. Whit ...

Whiting, Maine Whiting is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The town was named after Tate Whiting, an early settler. The population was 482 at the 2020 census. The town was originally known as Orangetown. Geography According to the United Sta ...

* Whiting, Missouri *

Whiting, New Jersey Whiting is an unincorporated community located on the west side of Manchester Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone with an elevation of 180 ft. It is home to various retirement communiti ...

Whiting, Vermont Whiting is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for John Whiting, a landholder. The population was 405 at the 2020 census. Geography Whiting is located in southern Addison County, in the southern reaches of the Ch ...

Whiting, Wisconsin Whiting is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States and is a suburb of Stevens Point. It is included in the Stevens Point Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,601 at the 2020 census. Geography Whiting is located ...

* 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 The Whiting River is a stream, about long, in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It enters the waters of Stephens Passage at the Borough of Juneau in the Alaska Panhandle between the mouths of the Taku and S ...

, 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 Whiting Township is a township in Jackson County, Kansas Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Holton. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 13,232. The county, firs ...

, US

Elsewhere

Whiting Bay Whiting Bay (, "between two headlands") is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland south of Lamlash and south of Brodick. With more than 600 inhabitants it’s the third largest village on the island of Arran, ...

, Isle of Arran, Scotland *

Mount Whiting Condor Peninsula () is a mountainous, ice-covered peninsula, long and wide, between Odom Inlet and Hilton Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Condor Peninsula is on the Black Coast of Palmer Land, beside the ...

, a pyramidal mountain in Antarctica *

Whiting Peak Whiting Peak () is a peak (c.1300 m) located 5.5 nautical miles (10 km) east of the north part of Gaylord Ridge in Nebraska Peaks. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after L. Whiting, a member of the United ...

, a scattered group of peaks and nunataks in Antarctica *

Whiting Rocks Whiting Rocks () is three rocks lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of The Barchans, Argentine Islands, off the coast of Graham Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or ...

, a group of three rocks off the coast of Antarctica *

Whitings Hill Open Space Whitings Hill Open Space is a large public open space in Chipping Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet. It is mainly grassed with clumps of young trees, planted as part of the Watling Chase, Watling Chase Community Forest, and a few mature tree ...

, a large public open space in Barnet, England

People

Whiting (surname) The surname Whiting is of Saxon origin meaning 'the white or fair offspring'. The Saxon suffix "-ing" denotes 'son of' or 'offspring'. It is a patronymic name from the Old English pre-7th Century 'Hwita' meaning 'the white' or 'fair one'. The surn ...

, people with the surname Whiting *

Whiting (given name) Whiting is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Almon Whiting Babbitt (1812–1856), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement * George Whiting Badman (1886–1953), South Australian business man, horse breeder and owner * Car ...

, people with the given name Whiting

Aviation

Naval Air Station Whiting Field Naval Air Station Whiting Field is a United States Navy base located near Milton, Florida, with some outlying fields near Navarre, Florida, in south and central Santa Rosa County, and is one of the Navy's two primary pilot training bases (the ...

, a United States Navy air base in Florida **

NAS Whiting Field – North Nas (born 1973) is the stage name of American rapper Nasir Jones. Nas, NaS, or NAS may also refer to: Aviation * Nasair, a low-cost airline carrier and subsidiary based in Eritrea * National Air Services, an airline in Saudi Arabia ** Nas Air ( ...

, a section of Naval Air Station Whiting Field **

NAS Whiting Field – South Nas (born 1973) is the stage name of American rapper Nasir Jones. Nas, NaS, or NAS may also refer to: Aviation * Nasair, a low-cost airline carrier and subsidiary based in Eritrea * National Air Services, an airline in Saudi Arabia ** Nas Air ( ...

, a section of Naval Air Station Whiting Field

Buildings

* Whiting Homestead, a house in Connecticut in the United States * Whiting House (disambiguation), the name of many houses in the United States *

Whiting Refinery The Whiting Refinery is an oil refinery located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal and operated by BP. The facility is primarily located in Whiting, Indiana, USA, though portions of the complex span ...

, an oil refinery operated by BP * The Whiting (auditorium), an auditorium in Michigan in the United States

Education

* School City of Whiting, a school district headquartered in Whiting, Indiana, in the United States *

Whiting School of Engineering The Whiting School of Engineering is the engineering school of the Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. History The engineering department at Johns Hopkins was originally created in 1913 as an educatio ...

, a division of The Johns Hopkins University

Ships

*, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy, including: **HMS ''Whiting'', the previous name of the Royal Navy torpedo gunboat * 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) *, a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1958 *, a proposed United States Navy submarine cancelled in 1944 prior to construction

Other uses

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Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting ''Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting'', 563 U.S. 582 (2011), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that upheld an Arizona state law suspending or revoking business licenses of businesses that hire illegal aliens. The case dealt wi ...

'', a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States *

Whiting reaction The Whiting reaction is an organic reaction converting a propargyl diol into a diene using lithium aluminium hydride. This organic reduction has been applied in the synthesis of ''fecapentaene'', a suspected cause of colon cancer:''Synthesis of ...

, an organic chemical reaction *

Whiting Awards The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, ...

, an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays