Keel (disambiguation)

A keel is the central beam of the hull of a boat.

Keel may also refer to:

Art, entertainment and media

• Keel (band), heavy metal group in the 1980s
• Keel (album)
• KEEL, AM radio station in Shreveport, Louisiana
• Keel Lorenz, a character in Neon Genesis Evangelion

Biology

• Keel (bird anatomy), a perpendicular extension of a bird's breastbone, to which wing muscles anchor
• Keel (slug), a morphological feature on the back of some slugs
• Caudal keel, in fish
• Keeled scales, reptile scales that have a ridge down the center, rather than being smooth
• Sagittal keel, a feature of the human skull
• Keel (botany), a ridge on the petals of a flower

Boats

• Humber Keel, a type of boat used on the Humber Estuary in England
• Keelboat or "keel", a flat-bottomed boat designed for use on rivers

People

• Keel (surname), includes a list of notable people with this surname
• Keel Watson (1964–2023), British opera singer

Places

• Keel, County Mayo, town on Achill Island, Ireland
• Keel, a parish of Castlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland
• Keel Creek Bridge, a road bridge near Coalgate, Oklahoma, U.S.
• Keel Island, an island off the Antarctica coast
• Keel Mountain (disambiguation)

Other uses

• Keel (unit), a measure of coal in North East England
• Studio Keel, Serbian swimwear company specializing in water polo

See also

• Keal (disambiguation)
• Keeill, a Manx Gaelic word for a chapel
• Keele (disambiguation)
• Keels (disambiguation)
• Keely (disambiguation)
• Kiel (disambiguation)
• Kil (disambiguation)
• Kile (disambiguation)
• Kill (disambiguation)
• Kyl (disambiguation)
• Kyle (disambiguation)
• Kyll, a river in western Germany