# Vulcan

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**Vulcan** may refer to:

## Mythology

- [Vulcan (mythology)](/source/Vulcan_(mythology)), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, and the forge in Roman mythology

## Arts, entertainment and media

### Film and television

- [Vulcan (*Star Trek*)](/source/Vulcan_(Star_Trek)), name of a fictional race and their home planet and language in the *Star Trek* franchise
- [Black Vulcan](/source/Black_Vulcan), a fictional African American superhero on the animated series *Super Friends*
- [Kamen Rider Vulcan](/source/List_of_Kamen_Rider_Zero-One_characters#Isamu_Fuwa), a character in the series *Kamen Rider Zero-One*
- Vulcan, a fictional planet in the *Doctor Who* story *[The Power of the Daleks](/source/The_Power_of_the_Daleks)*

### Print

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

### Other arts, entertainment and media

- [*Vulcan* statue](/source/Vulcan_statue), the world's largest cast-iron statue and the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, US
- [*Vulcan* (EP)](/source/Vulcan_(EP)), an EP by Snake River Conspiracy
- *Vulcan*, an album by [Chris Wood](/source/Chris_Wood_(rock_musician))
- [Vulcan Raven](/source/Vulcan_Raven), a character in the *Metal Gear Solid* video games
- *Aegis Vulcan*, a spaceship in the *[Star Citizen](/source/Star_Citizen)* video game
- "Vulcan Bomber", a song by Nebula from the 1998 EP *[Let It Burn](/source/Let_It_Burn_(Nebula_album))*

## Volcanoes

- [Vulcano](/source/Vulcano) or Vulcan, an active volcano island in Italy
- [Vulcan (volcano)](/source/Vulcan_(volcano)), a volcano in Papua New Guinea
- [Vulcan (inactive volcano)](/source/Vulcan_(inactive_volcano)), a dormant volcano in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

## Places

### Canada

- [Vulcan, Alberta](/source/Vulcan,_Alberta), a town in the province of Alberta - [Vulcan Airport](/source/Vulcan_Airport) - [Vulcan County](/source/Vulcan_County), a municipal district - [RCAF Station Vulcan](/source/RCAF_Station_Vulcan), a former Commonwealth and RCAF training station

### Romania

- [Vulcan, Brașov](/source/Vulcan,_Bra%C8%99ov), a commune in Brașov County
- [Vulcan, Hunedoara](/source/Vulcan,_Hunedoara), a city in Hunedoara County
- Vulcan, a village in [Apold](/source/Apold) Commune, Mureș County
- Vulcan, a village in [Ciuruleasa](/source/Ciuruleasa) Commune, Alba County
- Blăjeni-Vulcan, a village in [Blăjeni](/source/Bl%C4%83jeni) Commune, Hunedoara County
- Buceș-Vulcan, a village in [Buceș](/source/Buce%C8%99) Commune, Hunedoara County

### United States

- [Vulcan, Colorado](/source/Vulcan,_Colorado), a ghost town, where Vulcanite was discovered
- [Vulcan, Michigan](/source/Vulcan,_Michigan)
- [Vulcan, Missouri](/source/Vulcan,_Missouri)
- [Vulcan, West Virginia](/source/Vulcan,_West_Virginia)

### Extraterrestrial

- [Vulcan Planitia](/source/Vulcan_Planitia), a plain on Pluto's moon Charon

## Science and technology

- [Vulcan (hypothetical planet)](/source/Vulcan_(hypothetical_planet)), a hypothetical planet once thought to be between Mercury and the Sun
- [Vulcanoid](/source/Vulcanoid), a hypothetical population of asteroids between Mercury and the Sun
- [Vulcan (programming language)](/source/Vulcan_(programming_language)), a database/programming language, now known as dBase
- [Vulcan laser](/source/Vulcan_laser), a laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, England
- [Vulcan palm](/source/Vulcan_palm) (*Brighamia insignis*), a plant

## Military

- [Avro Vulcan](/source/Avro_Vulcan), a British delta-winged strategic bomber
- [HMS *Vulcan*](/source/HMS_Vulcan), various ships
- [USS *Vulcan*](/source/USS_Vulcan), three ships
- [M163 VADS](/source/M163_VADS) (Vulcan Air Defense System), a US self-propelled, antiaircraft Gatling gun
- [M167 VADS](/source/M167_VADS) (Vulcan Air Defense System), a US Army towed, short-range, antiaircraft Gatling gun
- [M61 Vulcan](/source/M61_Vulcan), a 20mm six-barreled Gatling gun
- [Vulcan M-11-9](/source/Vulcan_M-11-9), a semiautomatic, closed-bolt pistol manufactured by Vulcan Armament

## Organisations

- [Vulcan (Turku shipyard)](/source/Vulcan_(Turku_shipyard)), a former shipyard in Turku, Finland
- [AG Vulcan Stettin](/source/AG_Vulcan_Stettin), a former German shipbuilding and locomotive building company near Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland)
- [Vulcan (motor vehicles)](/source/Vulcan_(motor_vehicles)), a car and commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Southport, England
- [Vulcan Foundry](/source/Vulcan_Foundry), a former British locomotive builder, and "Vulcan village" workers cottages
- [Vulcan Iron Works](/source/Vulcan_Iron_Works), several mechanical engineering companies in the nineteenth century in England and the US
- [Vulcan Materials Company](/source/Vulcan_Materials_Company), a construction materials company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, US
- [Vulcan Inc.](/source/Vulcan_Inc.), an investment company formed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
- [Vulcan Software](/source/Vulcan_Software), a British computer game company
- [Vulcan Capital Management](/source/Vulcan_Capital_Management), a US private equity firm
- [Vulcan (Polish software company)](/source/Vulcan_(Polish_software_company)), a Polish educational software company
- [Vulcan Elements](/source/Vulcan_Elements), an American rare-earth magnet manufacturing company

## Sports

- [Vulcan changeup](/source/Vulcan_changeup), a type of baseball pitch
- [Auckland Vulcans](/source/Auckland_Vulcans), a rugby league team that plays in the NSW Cup
- [Birmingham Vulcans](/source/Birmingham_Vulcans), a 1975 World Football League team
- [California Vulcans](/source/California_Vulcans), the sports teams of California University of Pennsylvania
- The Vulcans, the athletic teams of the [University of Hawaii at Hilo](/source/University_of_Hawaii_at_Hilo)

## Vehicles

### Cars and motorcycles

- [Aston Martin Vulcan](/source/Aston_Martin_Vulcan), a 2015 sports car only for the racetrack
- [Ford Vulcan engine](/source/Ford_Vulcan_engine), an automobile engine
- [Kawasaki Vulcan](/source/Kawasaki_Vulcan), a series of cruiser-type motorcycles

### Trains

- [NZR RM class (Vulcan)](/source/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](/source/South_Devon_Railway_Buffalo_class) steam locomotives
- *Vulcan* (1951-1967), a [BR 'Britannia' Class locomotive](/source/List_of_BR_'Britannia'_Class_locomotives)
- *Vulcan*, a [British Rail Class 47](/source/British_Rail_Class_47) diesel locomotive no: D1676 (later 47090, 47623, 47843), used since April 1965

### Other vehicles

- [Vickers Vulcan](/source/Vickers_Vulcan), a biplane airliner of the 1920s
- [Vulcan Centaur](/source/Vulcan_Centaur), a rocket launch system developed by United Launch Alliance
- [*Vulcan* (barge)](/source/Vulcan_(barge)) (1819), the world's first all iron-hulled boat

## Other uses

- [Vulcan (surname)](/source/Vulcan_(surname)), a surname
- [Operation Vulcan (1943)](/source/Operation_Vulcan_(1943)), an Allied action in Tunisia during World War II
- [The Vulcan, Cardiff](/source/The_Vulcan,_Cardiff), a former historic public house in Wales
- [Vulcan Hotel (Saint Bathans)](/source/Vulcan_Hotel_(Saint_Bathans)), Saint Bathans, New Zealand
- [The Vulcans](/source/The_Vulcans), George W. Bush's foreign policy advisory team for the 2000 U.S. election
- [California Vulcans](/source/California_Vulcans), the intercollegiate sports teams of Pennsylvania Western University California
- Vulcan Nuclear Reactor Testing Establishment, in [Dounreay](/source/Dounreay#Vulcan_Nuclear_Reactor_Testing_Establishment_(NRTE)), Scotland

## See also

- [Volcan (disambiguation)](/source/Volcan_(disambiguation))
- [Vulcain (disambiguation)](/source/Vulcain_(disambiguation))
- [Vulcana](/source/Vulcana) (1875–1946), Welsh female bodybuilder
- [Vulcanair](/source/Vulcanair), an Italian-based manufacturer of light twin-engined aircraft
- [Vulcanization](/source/Vulcanization), a chemical process to improve the strength and durability of rubber
- [Vulcanite](/source/Vulcanite), a rare copper telluride mineral
- [Vulcano (disambiguation)](/source/Vulcano_(disambiguation))
- [Vulkan (disambiguation)](/source/Vulkan_(disambiguation))

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