# Orca (disambiguation)

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* The Online Representations and Certifications Application website, now superseded by the US government's System for Award Management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