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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), 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'' * List of Kamen Rider Zero-One characters#Isamu Fuwa, Kamen Rider Vulcan, a character in the series ''Kamen Rider Zero-One'' * Vulcan, a fictional planet in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Power of the Daleks''


Print

* Vulcan (Fleetway), ''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, ''Vulcan'' statue, the world's largest cast-iron statue and the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, US * Vulcan (EP), ''Vulcan'' (EP), an EP by Snake River Conspiracy * ''Vulcan'', an album by Chris Wood (rock musician), 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 (Nebula album), 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), 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), 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, a British delta-winged strategic bomber * , various ships * USS Vulcan, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 List of BR 'Britannia' Class locomotives, BR 'Britannia' Class locomotive * ''Vulcan'', a British Rail Class 47 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), ''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 Dounreay#Vulcan Nuclear Reactor Testing Establishment (NRTE), Dounreay, Scotland


See also

* Volcan (disambiguation) * Vulcain (disambiguation) * Vulcana (1875–1946), Welsh female bodybuilder * Vulcanair, an Italian-based manufacturer of light twin-engined aircraft * Vulcanization, a chemical process to improve the strength and durability of rubber * Vulcanite, a rare copper telluride mineral * Vulcano (disambiguation) * Vulkan (disambiguation) * * {{Disambiguation, geo