Orca (disambiguation)

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Orca is another name for a killer whale, the world's biggest dolphin species.

Orca, ORCA or Orcas may also refer to:

People

Quintus Valerius Orca (fl. 50s–40s B.C.), Roman praetor and officer under Julius Caesar

Places

Orca Basin, a mini-basin in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Orca Bay (Alaska), a bay near the town of Cordova
Orca (carbon capture plant), facility that uses direct air capture to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Orca gas field, a North Sea gas field
Orca Inlet, serves as an inlet to Prince William Sound from the Gulf of Alaska
Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juan Islands in Washington state
- Orcas Island Airport, the correspondent airport of the island
- Orcas Village, Washington (sometimes just called Orcas), a community on the island
Sandford Orcas, a village and parish in north west Dorset, England

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters and vehicles

Orca (DC Comics), the name of two different comic book characters
Orca (.hack), a character in the .hack video game series
Orca, a fictional fishing vessel in the 1975 film Jaws

Film

Orca (1977 film), a horror film
Orca (2020 film), a Swedish drama film

Literature

Orca (novel), a 1996 fantasy novel by Steven Brust

Music

Orcas (duo), a Pacific Northwest duo
Orca (C-Bo album), 2012
Orca Symphony No. 1, an album by Serj Tankian
"Orca", a song by Deadmau5, from his 2006 album Vexillology and 2009 compilation album At Play Vol. 2
Orca, an album by Gus Dapperton

Organizations

Opinion Research Center of Afghanistan
Orca Air, a 1996–2003 Egyptian regional airline
Orca Airways, a 2005–2018 small scheduled and charter airline based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Orca Engineering, a Swiss sports car manufacturing company
Orca (company), a New Zealand wetsuit and sports apparel manufacturer
Organization for Respect and Care for Animals, an animal welfare organization
Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, a conservation authority in Ontario, Canada

Technology and computing

The Online Representations and Certifications Application website, now superseded by the US government's System for Award Management
Orca, a Windows Installer database editor
Orca (assistive technology), part of the free and open source GNOME desktop environment
ORCA (quantum chemistry program)
Orcas, the codename for Visual Studio 2008
Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss, part of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope
ORCA (computer system), a "get out the vote" application created by Mitt Romney's 2012 U.S. presidential campaign

Transportation

Orca (supercar), a Swiss supercar
ORCA card, a smart card for public transit in the central Puget Sound region of Washington State, USA
Orca-class patrol vessel, a class of training vessels for the Canadian Navy
USS Orca, several United States Navy ships
Orca (AUV), autonomous underwater vehicle under development by Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries

Other

Orca (dog) (2001–2014), a golden retriever and winner of the PDSA Gold Medal
Omni Role Combat Aircraft (ORCA), an Indian aircraft development program
Seattle Orcas, a team in Major League Cricket