Vulcan

Vulcan may refer to:

Mythology

Vulcan (mythology), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, and the forge in Roman mythology

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and television

Vulcan (Star Trek), a fictional race in Star Trek
- Vulcan (Star Trek planet), the fictional planet of the Vulcans
Black Vulcan, a fictional African American superhero on the animated series Super Friends
Kamen Rider Vulcan, a character in Kamen Rider Zero-One
Vulcan, a fictional planet in the Doctor Who series The Power of the Daleks

Literature

Vulcan (Fleetway), a 1975–1976 IPC Comic
Vulcan (DC Comics), a fictional character
Vulcan (Marvel Comics), a fictional supervillain
Vulcan!, a 1978 Star Trek novel by Kathleen Sky
The Vulcan, a magazine from various organizations within the Young Fine Gael
Vulcan, a gay pornography magazine, made famous in a High Court test case by serial killer Dennis Nilsen
Vulcan, a fictional series of artificial intelligences (Vulcan 2 and 3) in Vulcan's Hammer
Vulcan (comics), several meanings

Other arts, entertainment and media

Vulcan statue, the world's largest cast-iron statue and the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, US
Vulcan (EP), an EP by Snake River Conspiracy
Vulcan, an album by Chris Wood
Vulcan Raven, a character in the Metal Gear Solid video games
Aegis Vulcan, a spaceship in the Star Citizen video game

Volcanoes

Vulcan (inactive volcano), a dormant volcano in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Vulcano or Vulcan, an active volcano island in Italy
Vulcan (volcano), a volcano in Papua New Guinea

Places

Canada

Vulcan, Alberta, a town
- Vulcan Airport
- Vulcan County, a municipal district
- RCAF Station Vulcan, a former Commonwealth and RCAF training station

Romania

Vulcan, Brașov, a commune in Brașov County
Vulcan, Hunedoara, a city in Hunedoara County
Vulcan, a village in Apold Commune, Mureș County
Vulcan, a village in Ciuruleasa Commune, Alba County
Blăjeni-Vulcan, a village in Blăjeni Commune, Hunedoara County
Buceș-Vulcan, a village in Buceș Commune, Hunedoara County

United States

Vulcan, Colorado, a ghost town, where Vulcanite was discovered
Vulcan, Michigan
Vulcan, Missouri
Vulcan, West Virginia

Elsewhere

Vulcan Planum, a plain on Pluto's moon Charon

Science and technology

Vulcan (hypothetical planet), a hypothetical planet between Mercury and the Sun
- Vulcanoid, a hypothetical population of asteroids in a similar orbit
Vulcan (programming language), a programming language, now known as dBase
Vulcan laser, a laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, England
Vulcan palm (Brighamia insignis), a plant

Organisations

Vulcan (Turku shipyard), a former shipyard in Turku, Finland
- Crichton-Vulcan, an abandoned shipyard in Turku, Finland
Stettiner Vulcan AG, a former shipyard in Hamburg, Germany
Vulcan (motor vehicles), a car and commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Southport, England
Vulcan Corporation, a materials manufacturing company in Clarksville, Tennessee, US
Vulcan Foundry, a former British locomotive builder, and "Vulcan village" workers cottages
Vulcan Iron Works, several mechanical engineering companies in the nineteenth century in England and the US
Vulcan Materials Company, a construction materials company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, US
Vulcan Inc., an investment company formed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
Vulcan Software, a British computer game company
Vulcan Capital Management, a US private equity firm

Sports

Vulcan changeup, a type of baseball pitch
Auckland Vulcans, a rugby league team that plays in the NSW Cup
Birmingham Vulcans, a 1975 World Football League team
California Vulcans, the sports teams of California University of Pennsylvania
The Vulcans, the athletic teams of the University of Hawaii at Hilo

Vehicles

Air and space

Avro Vulcan, a British delta-winged strategic bomber
Vickers Vulcan, a single-engined biplane of the 1920s
Vulcan (rocket), a rocket launch system under development by the United Launch Alliance

Car and motorcycle

Aston Martin Vulcan, a 2015 sports car only for the racetrack
Ford Vulcan engine, an automobile engine
Kawasaki Vulcan, a series of cruiser-type motorcycles

Trains

NZR RM class (Vulcan), a former type of railroad car found in preservation in New Zealand
Vulcan (1874-1892), a South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
Vulcan (1951-1967), a BR 'Britannia' Class locomotive
Vulcan, a British Rail Class 47 diesel locomotive no: D1676 (later 47090, 47623, 47843), used since April 1965

Ships and boats

Vulcan (barge) (1819), the world's first all iron-hulled boat
HMS Vulcan, several ships
- HMS Birkenhead (1845) or HMS Vulcan, an iron paddle frigate
- HMS Vulcan (1849), an iron screw frigate
- HMS Vulcan (1889), a depot ship
USS Vulcan, several ships
- USS Vulcan (1884), a schooner
- USS Vulcan (AC-5) (1909), a collier
- USS Vulcan (AR-5) (1941), a repair ship

Weapons

M163 VADS (Vulcan Air Defense System), a US self-propelled, antiaircraft Gatling gun
M167 VADS (Vulcan Air Defense System), a US Army towed, short-range, antiaircraft Gatling gun
M61 Vulcan, a 20mm six-barreled Gatling gun
Vulcan M-11-9, a semiautomatic, closed-bolt pistol manufactured by Vulcan Armament

Other uses

Vulcan (surname), a surname
Operation Vulcan, an Allied action in Tunisia during World War II
The Vulcan, Cardiff, a former historic public house in Wales
The Vulcans, George W. Bush's foreign policy advisory team for the 2000 U.S. election

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