Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:

Fish

* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' * Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''

Esox ''Esox'' is a genus of freshwater fish commonly known as pike or pickerel. It is the type genus of the family Esocidae. The type species of the genus is ''Esox lucius'', the northern pike. ''Esox'' has been present in Laurentia (which later ...

'', genus of pikes **

Northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus '' Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a ...

, common northern hemisphere pike * Mackerel pike or Pacific saury, a fish popular in east Asian cuisine * Walleyed pike or

walleye The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...

, ''Sander vitreus'', not actually a pike, but regionally referred to as such

Places

Russia

Shchukino District Shchukino District (russian: райо́н Щу́кино) is an administrative district (raion) of North-Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 administrative districts of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. It borders with Pokrovs ...

(Russian for "Pike" District), an area in North-Western Administrative Okrug, part of the federal city of Moscow.

Canada

Pike Island (Nunavut) Pike Island (or Pikes Island) is a Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated off ...

Pike River (Quebec) Pike River (french: Rivière aux Brochets) is a tributary of lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), flowing successively in: * Franklin County, Vermont, in northern Vermont (United States); and * the municipalities of Frelighsburg, Stanbridge East ...

Great Britain

Clougha Pike Clougha Pike ( ) is a hill in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, England. From the west it looms over the Conder Valley, the city of Lancaster and Lancaster University. It is visible from as far away as Barrow-in-Furness, South Lakeland mount ...

, a hill in Lancashire, England *

Cold Pike Cold Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It is a satellite of Crinkle Crags and stands above the Upper Duddon Valley. Topography When travelling clockwise, Crinkle Crags is the last of the high cirque of fells forming the head of ...

, a fell in the Lake District, England *

Dollywaggon Pike Dollywaggon Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands on the main spine of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells, between Thirlmere and the Ullswater catchment. Name The spelling ‘Dollywaggon’ is used on Ordnance Survey 1:25 ...

, a fell in the Lake District, England *

Esk Pike Esk Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, one of the cirque of hills forming the head of Eskdale. Topography The Southern Fells include the highest ground in England, a horseshoe which begins with Scafell and Scafell Pike in the west an ...

, a fell in the Lake District, England *

Hartshead Pike Hartshead Pike is a hill in Tameside in Greater Manchester, England, and its name is associated with the monument on its summit. It overlooks Ashton-under-Lyne, Mossley, Saddleworth, Lees and Oldham. On a clear day you can get views of Manchest ...

, a hill in Lancashire, England * The

Langdale Pikes Great Langdale is a valley in the Lake District National Park in North West England, the epithet Great distinguishing it from the neighbouring valley of Little Langdale. Langdale is also the name of a valley in the Howgill Fells, elsewhere in ...

, a range of hills in the Lake District, England *

Murton Pike Murton is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The parish had a population of 330 in 2001, rising to 360 at the 2011 Census. Settlements within the parish include the villages of Hilton, Langton, Brackenbe ...

, a hill in Cumbria, England *

Nethermost Pike Nethermost Pike is a fell in Cumbria, England, and a part of the Lake District. At it is the second highest Wainwright in the Helvellyn range, the highest of which is Helvellyn itself. It is located close to the southern end of the ridge, with ...

, a fell in the Lake District, England * Pikes (hill), a hill in the Lake District, England *

Red Pike (Buttermere) Red Pike is a fell in the High Stile range in the western English Lake District, which separates Ennerdale, Cumbria, Ennerdale from the valley of Buttermere and Crummock Water. It is high. The direct ascent of Red Pike from Buttermere is ve ...

, a fell near Buttermere in the Lake District, England * Red Pike (Wasdale), a fell near Wasdale in the Lake District, England * Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England * The Pike (Hesk Fell), one of Wainwright's ''outlying fells'' in the Lake District, England

United States

* Pike, California, a census-designated place * Pike, Indiana, an unincorporated community *

Pikeville, Kentucky Pikeville () is a city in and the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States. During the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census, the population within Pikeville's city limits was 7,754. In Kentucky's current city classification sys ...

* Pike, New Hampshire, an unincorporated community * Pike, New York, a town ** Pike (CDP), New York, hamlet in the town of Pike * Pike, Texas, an unincorporated community * Pike, West Virginia * Pike Bay Township, Cass County, Minnesota *

Pike Island Pike Island (Dakota: ''Wita Tanka'') is an island at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers in the southwestern-most part of Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The island is managed as part of Fort Snelling State Park and ...

, Minnesota *

Pike National Forest The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, United States, west of Colorado Springs including Pikes Peak. The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km2) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas and E ...

, Colorado * Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington *

Pike Road, Alabama Pike Road is a town in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,439, up from 5,406 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Montgomery metropolitan area. Pike Road was founded in 1815. Pike Road was in ...

* Pikes Peak, in Colorado *

The Pike ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

, an amusement park in California * Pike County, Alabama * Pike County, Arkansas * Pike County, Georgia *

Pike County, Illinois Pike County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 16,430. Its county seat is Pittsfield. History Pike County was formed in January 1821 out of Madison County. It was named ...

Pike County, Indiana Pike County is a county in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 12,845. The county seat is Petersburg. It contains the geographic point representing median center of US popu ...

* Pike County, Kentucky * Pike County, Mississippi * Pike County, Missouri * Pike County, Ohio * Pike County, Pennsylvania

Multiple entities

Pike County (disambiguation) Pike County is the name of ten counties in the United States: * Pike County, Alabama * Pike County, Arkansas * Pike County, Georgia * Pike County, Illinois * Pike County, Indiana * Pike County, Kentucky * Pike County, Mississippi * Pike ...

Pike Township (disambiguation) Pike Township may refer to: Illinois * Pike Township, Livingston County, Illinois Indiana * Pike Township, Jay County, Indiana * Pike Township, Marion County, Indiana * Pike Township, Ohio County, Indiana * Pike Township, Warren County, Indian ...

Military

Pike (weapon) A pike is a very long thrusting spear formerly used in European warfare from the Late Middle Ages and most of the Early Modern Period, and were wielded by foot soldiers deployed in pike square formation, until it was largely replaced by bayone ...

, a long thrusting pole weapon used by infantry *

Pike square The pike square (German: ''Gevierthaufen'', lit. 'square crowd', or ''Gewalthaufen'' lit. 'crowd of force') was a military tactical formation in which 10 rows of men in 10 columns wielding pikes, was developed by the Swiss Confederacy during th ...

, a Swiss military tactic * HMS ''Pike'', the name of five ships of the Royal Navy * USS ''Pike'' (SS-6), an American ''Plunger''-class submarine * USS ''Pike'' (SS-173), the first all-welded submarine *

Pike (munition) The Pike is a precision-guided mini-missile designed by Raytheon. It is a 40 mm guided munition that can be fired from the barrel of a Heckler & Koch M320 Grenade Launcher Module and Enhanced Grenade Launching Module (EGLM) like a standard ...

, a Raytheon-developed guided round fired from a grenade launcher

Music

* ''Pikes'' (album), released by Buckethead in 2013 *

The Northern Pikes The Northern Pikes are a Canadian rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1984. The original members are Jay Semko, Bryan Potvin, Merl Bryck and Glen Hollingshead, who left the band in 1985 and was replaced by Don Schmid in June 1986. ...

, a Canadian rock band, from Saskatoon

Sports

* Pike (diving), a position used in competitive diving *

Pike (gymnastics) This is a general glossary of the terms used in the sport of gymnastics. A ;AA: Abbreviation for all-around. ;AB: A scoring abbreviation for uneven bars, from the name asymmetric bars. ;A-score: Under the current ''Code of Points,'' this sc ...

, a position in which the body is bent only in the hips * Pike, a variant of the kick (b-boy move) * Pike, a type of cheerleading jump

Technology

Pike (cipher) The Pike stream cipher was invented by Ross Anderson to be a "leaner and meaner" version of FISH after he broke FISH in 1994. Its name is supposed to be a humorous allusion to the pike fish. The cipher combines ideas from A5 with the lagged Fib ...

, a stream cipher invented by Ross Anderson *

Pike (programming language) A MUD (; originally multi-user dungeon, with later variants multi-user dimension and multi-user domain) is a Multiplayer video game, multiplayer Time-keeping systems in games#Real-time, real-time virtual world, usually Text-based game, text-bas ...

, a programming language *

Red Pike (cipher) Red Pike is a classified United Kingdom government encryption algorithm, proposed for use by the National Health Service by GCHQ, but designed for a "broad range of applications in the British government. Little is publicly known about Red Pike, e ...

, a British government cipher

Characters

* Pike Trickfoot, a gnome cleric in the D&D Web Series '' Critical Role'' * Pike (Buffyverse character), a minor character in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Pike, a racer character in '' Rimba Racer'' * Langdale Pike, a minor character in ''The Adventure of the Three Gables'', a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle *

Private Frank Pike Private Frank Pike is a fictional Home Guard private and junior bank clerk, first portrayed by actor Ian Lavender in the BBC television sitcom ''Dad's Army''. He was appointed as the platoon's information officer by Captain Mainwaring in The Ma ...

Character in UK TV show Dad's Army * Captain

Christopher Pike (Star Trek) Christopher Pike is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' science fiction franchise. He is the immediate predecessor to James T. Kirk as captain of the starship . Pike first appeared as the main character of the original unaired pilot episo ...

, a character in the ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

'' science fiction franchise.

Other uses

Pike (surname) Pike is a surname of English origin. In the United States, Pike is the 1138th most common surname (based on the 1990 census). In England and Wales, it is the 513th most common surname (based on a Sept 2002 database of the Office for National St ...

, a list of people *

Pike Expedition The Pike Expedition (July 15, 1806 – July 1, 1807) was a military party sent out by President Thomas Jefferson and authorized by the United States government to explore the south and west of the recent Louisiana Purchase.Berry, Trey; Pam ...

, an American exploration of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains *

Pike pole A pike pole is a long metal-topped wooden, aluminium or fiberglass pole used for reaching, hooking and/or pulling on another object. They are variously used in boating, construction, logging, rescue and recovery, power line maintenance, and fire ...

, a long-handled reaching, holding, and pulling tool *

Pike potato Pike is a variety of potato bred by the Cornell and Pennsylvania Experimental Stations in March 1996. This clone originated from a cross made in 1981, between 'Allegany' and ' Atlantic potato' varieties.Paul R. Wonning It is resistant to infecti ...

, a variety of potato * The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War, 2009 biography * Pike or

toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented ...

, a road on which fees are collected ** Massachusetts Turnpike, known as "The Pike" * Pike, a colloquial name for the

Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha (), commonly known as PIKE, is a college fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1868. The fraternity has over 225 chapters and colonies across the United States and abroad with over 15,500 undergraduate members over 30 ...

fraternity *

WWFX WWFX (100.1 FM; "100 FM The Pike") is a classic rock radio station serving the Worcester vicinity. It is under ownership of Cumulus Media. WWFX is also an affiliate of the New England Patriots Radio Network. History The station signed on Novemb ...

, branded as "100 FM The Pike"

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