''Calavera'' (Spanish for ''skull'') or its plural ''calaveras'', may refer to:

Culture

* Calaveras, any of various skull-shaped things associated with the *

Literary Calavera The Literary Calavera or ''calavera literaria'' (Spanish: ''literary skull'') is a traditional Mexican literary form: a satirical or light-hearted writing in verse, often composed for the Day of the Dead. History Initially known as panteones ...

, traditional Mexican composition in verse

Places

* Calaveras River, in the Central Valley of California, USA *

Calaveras Creek (California) Calaveras Creek is a northward-flowing stream in Alameda and Santa Clara counties of California. It runs for , starting from Poverty Ridge, passing through Calaveras Reservoir, and emptying into Alameda Creek east of Fremont, California. Its m ...

, USA * Calaveras County, California, USA *

Rancho Calaveras, California Rancho Calaveras is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 5,325 at the 2010 census, up from 4,182 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has ...

, USA *

Calaveras Dome Calaveras Dome is a Granite dome Granite domes are domical hills composed of granite with bare rock exposed over most of the surface. Generally, domical features such as these are known as bornhardts. Bornhardts can form in any type of pluto ...

, California, USA; a granite dome *

Cerro de la Calavera Cerro de la Calavera (also known as Mount Calavera) is an ancient plug dome volcano that last erupted 22 million years ago during the subduction of the Farallon Plate. It is located within the city of Carlsbad, California Carlsbad is a coasta ...

( en, Mount Calavera), Carlsbad, California, USA * Calaveras Unified School District, Calaveras County, California, USA * Calaveras Fault, a geological fault in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA * Calaveras Valley, California, USA * La Calavera Historical Neighborhood, Smeltertown, Texas, USA *

Calaveras, Texas Calaveras, Texas is an American community located in Wilson County, Texas, Wilson County, Texas. The population is approximately 100. Calaveras is southeast of San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio. History The settlement was originally named "Wrigh ...

, USA; a small town near San Antonio *

Calaveras Creek Calaveras Creek is a waterway that starts near Martinez, Texas Martinez is an unincorporated community in eastern Bexar County, Texas, United States. In 1990, its population was reported to be 75 residents. It is located within the Greater San ...

, Texas, USA *

Calaveras Lake (Texas) Calaveras Lake is a reservoir on Calaveras Creek, located 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. The reservoir was formed in 1969 by the construction of a dam to provide a cooling pond for a series of power plan ...

, USA *

Isla Calavera Isla Calavera, or the Skull, is an island in the Gulf of California, located within Bahía de los Ángeles east of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the Ensenada Municipality. It is named skull due to a coveri ...

, an island in the Gulf of California

Facilities and structures

Calaveras Power Station The Calaveras Power Station is a series of power plants located southeast of San Antonio, in Bexar County, Texas near Calaveras Lake. These plants include the J.T. Deely Power Plant, the O.W. Sommers Power Plant, and the J.K. Spruce Power Plant. ...

, San Antonio, Texas, USA * Calaveras Reservoir, California, USA *

Calaveras County Airport Calaveras County Airport , also known as Maury Rasmussen Field, is a public airport located four miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of San Andreas, in Calaveras County, California, United States. It is owned by the Coun ...

, Calaveras County, California, USA *

Calaveras station The Silicon Valley BART extension is an ongoing effort to expand service by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) into Santa Clara County via the East Bay from its former terminus at the Fremont station in Alameda County. Planned since at least 1981, t ...

, BART, Silicon Valley, California, USA

People

* Jordi Calavera (born 1995) Spanish soccer player * ''Calavera II'', a former ring name for pro-wrestler luchador Jesús Javier Hernández Silva (1971–1993) aka Oro (wrestler)

Fictional characters

* Calaveras, a member of the Black Moon Clan, the primary villains in the ''Sailor Moon R'' manga and anime series * Calaveras, the subordinates of the Arrancar Rudobone in the ''Bleach'' manga and anime series * Francisca Calavera, titular character of the comic ''Calavera'' (comics) * Manuel Calavera, the protagonist in the LucasArts 1998 adventure game, ''Grim Fandango'' * Maria Calvera, a character from RWBY * Robi Calavera, titular character of the animated series '' The Swashbuckling Adventures of Capitán Calavera''

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