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

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  • 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