Whitehead

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Whitehead may refer to:

  • Whitehead, a blocked sweat/sebaceous duct of the skin known medically as a closed comedo.
  • Whitehead (bird), a small species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand.
  • Whitehead building, heritage listed residence of the principal of the University of Adelaide's Lincoln College.
  • Whitehead (patience), a patience game related to Klondike.
  • Whitehead (surname), a surname.
  • Whitehead torpedo, the first effective self-propelled torpedo, invented by Robert Whitehead in 1866.
  • Whiteheads, another name for the wheat disease take-all.
  • USS Whitehead (1861–1865), American Civil War, 136-ton screw steam gunboat.

Places

  • Canada:
  • Hong Kong
    • Whitehead, Hong Kong, a cape at Wu Kai Sha
  • Northern Ireland
    • Whitehead, County Antrim, a small town in Northern Ireland
  • United States:
    • Cape Whitehead, Cumberland County, Maine 43.3844N 70.1131W
    • Lake Whitehead reservoir, Napa County, California 38.3529N 122.2755W
    • Whitehead, Alabama, Lauderdale County, Alabama 34.5317N 87.1938W
    • Whitehead, Mississippi (Tallahatchie County) 33.5055N 90.1755W
    • Whitehead Township, Alleghany County, North Carolina 36.2802N 81.0910W
    • Whitehead, Tennessee, Marshall County, Tennessee 35.2848N 86.4719W
    • Whitehead, Texas, Hunt County, Texas 32.5205N 96.1536W
    • Whitehead Island, Knox County, Maine
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