Vulcan may refer to:

Mythology

Vulcan (mythology) Vulcan (, in archaically retained spelling also ''Volcanus'', both pronounced ) is the god of fire including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge in ancient Roman religion and Roman mythology, myth. He is often depicted wi ...

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

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and television

* Vulcan (''Star Trek''), name of a fictional race and their home planet and language in the ''Star Trek'' franchise * Black Vulcan, a fictional African American superhero on the animated series ''Super Friends'' * Kamen Rider Vulcan, a character in the series ''Kamen Rider Zero-One'' * Vulcan, a fictional planet in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''

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Print

* ''Vulcan'' (Fleetway), a 1975–1976 IPC Comic *

Vulcan (DC Comics) Vulcan is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He is the second character to star in a book titled ''Son of Vulcan'', the first being Son of Vulcan, Johnny Mann, who was created by Charlton Comics in 1965 and l ...

, a fictional character *

Vulcan (Marvel Comics) Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in '' X-Men: Deadly Genesis'' #1 (January 2006). He is the third Summers brother to be revealed, the younger broth ...

, 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

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* 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 * "Vulcan Bomber", a song by Nebula from the 1998 EP '' Let It Burn''

Volcanoes

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

Places

Canada

* Vulcan, Alberta, a town in the province of Alberta ** 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

Extraterrestrial

* Vulcan Planitia, a plain on Pluto's moon Charon

Science and technology

Vulcan (hypothetical planet) Vulcan () was a proposed planet that some pre-20th century astronomers thought existed in an orbit between Mercury (planet), Mercury and the Sun. Speculation about, and even purported observations of, intermercurial bodies or planets date back t ...

, a hypothetical planet once thought to be between Mercury and the Sun * Vulcanoid, a hypothetical population of asteroids between Mercury and the Sun *

Vulcan (programming language) dBase (also stylized dBASE) was one of the first database management systems for microcomputers and the most successful in its day. The dBase system included the core database engine, a query system, a Form (programming), forms engine, and a pr ...

, a database/programming language, now known as dBase * Vulcan laser, a laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, England * Vulcan palm (''Brighamia insignis''), a plant

Military

Avro Vulcan The Avro Vulcan (later Hawker Siddeley Vulcan from July 1963) was a jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing, high-altitude, strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe ...

, a British delta-winged strategic bomber * , various ships * USS ''Vulcan'', three ships * 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 The M61 Vulcan is a Hydraulic machinery, hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatics, pneumatically driven, six-Gun barrel, barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling gun, Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm caliber, rounds at an e ...

, a 20mm six-barreled Gatling gun * Vulcan M-11-9, a semiautomatic, closed-bolt pistol manufactured by Vulcan Armament

Organisations

* Vulcan (Turku shipyard), a former shipyard in Turku, Finland ** Crichton-Vulcan, an abandoned shipyard in Turku, Finland *

Stettiner Vulcan AG Aktien-Gesellschaft Vulcan Stettin (short AG Vulcan Stettin) was a German shipbuilding and locomotive building company. Founded in 1851, it was located near the former eastern German city of Stettin, today Polish Szczecin. Because of the limited ...

, a former shipyard in Hamburg, Germany * Vulcan (motor vehicles), a car and commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Southport, England * 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 Vulcan Capital Management, Inc was founded in May 1997 by Ford Graham and Kevin Davis (and is a different and unrelated entity to Vulcan Capital or Vulcan Inc., two companies founded by Paul Allen.). It is a private equity firm focusing on invest ...

, a US private equity firm * Vulcan (Polish software company), a Polish educational software company

Sports

* Vulcan changeup, a type of baseball pitch * Auckland Vulcans, a rugby league team that plays in the NSW Cup *

Birmingham Vulcans The Birmingham Vulcans were a professional American football team located in Birmingham, Alabama. They were members of the five-team Eastern Division of the World Football League (WFL). The Vulcans, founded in March 1975, played in the upstart le ...

, 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

Cars and motorcycles

* 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 The British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of 512 Class 47s were built at Brush's Falcon Works in Loughborough and at British Railways' Crewe Wo ...

diesel locomotive no: D1676 (later 47090, 47623, 47843), used since April 1965

Other vehicles

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

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 * Vulcan Hotel (Saint Bathans), Saint Bathans, New Zealand * The Vulcans, George W. Bush's foreign policy advisory team for the 2000 U.S. election * Vulcan Nuclear Reactor Testing Establishment, in

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