Vulcan may refer to:

Mythology

Vulcan (mythology) Vulcan ( la, Vulcanus, 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 myth. He is often depicted ...

, 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 Black Vulcan is an African-American superhero on the animated series ''Super Friends'' created by Hanna-Barbera, voiced by Buster Jones. Fictional character biography Black Vulcan debuted on the Super Friends show (''The All-New Super Friends Ho ...

, 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'' season '' The Power of the Daleks''

Print

* ''Vulcan'' (Fleetway), a 1975–1976 IPC Comic * Vulcan (DC Comics), 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 brot ...

, a fictional supervillain * ''

Vulcan! ''Vulcan!'' (1978) is a ''Star Trek'' tie-in novel by Kathleen Sky. The book is an adaptation of an unproduced spec script by Sky. Production Kathleen Sky submitted a spec script to the producers ''Star Trek'' during the production the sho ...

'', 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 Dennis Andrew Nilsen (23 November 1945 – 12 May 2018) was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983 in London. Convicted at the Old Bailey of six counts of murder and two of ...

* Vulcan, a fictional series of artificial intelligences (Vulcan 2 and 3) in '' Vulcan's Hammer'' *

Vulcan (comics) Vulcan, in comics, may refer to: * Vulcan (DC Comics) is the name of several characters published by DC Comics, one of whom featured in ''Son of Vulcan'' *Marvel Comics characters: ** Vulcan (Marvel Comics), a character who is the brother of X-Men ...

, 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

Vulcano Vulcano ( scn, Vurcanu) or Vulcan is a small volcanic island belonging to Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea, about north of Sicily and located at the southernmost end of the seven Aeolian Islands. The island is known for its volcanic activity and c ...

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 Vulcan is a town in southern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Vulcan County. It is on Highway 23, midway between the cities of Calgary and Lethbridge. The population of the town was 1,917 in 2016. Now known as the "Official Star Trek Capit ...

, a town **

Vulcan Airport Vulcan Airport is located immediately west of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. The airport served until 2015 as the base for the Southern Alberta Gliding Center, a part of the Air Cadet Gliding Program. The centre has moved to the former site of RCAF St ...

Vulcan County Vulcan County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 5, its municipal office is located in the Town of Vulcan. History Vulcan County was originally established in 1951. Geography Communities and loc ...

, a municipal district **

RCAF Station Vulcan RCAF Station Vulcan, also referred to as RCAF Aerodrome Vulcan, was a Second World War flying training station located southwest of the town of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. It was one of many stations that were established in Canada under the Brit ...

, a former Commonwealth and RCAF training station

Romania

Vulcan, Brașov Vulcan (german: Wolkendorf; hu, Szászvolkány) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania, 16 km west of the county capital Brașov. It is composed of two villages, Colonia 1 Mai (''Konkordiabányatelep'') and Vulcan. It also i ...

, a commune in Brașov County *

Vulcan, Hunedoara Vulcan (; formerly ''Jiu-Vaidei-Vulcan''; hu, Vulkán, ''Zsilyvajdejvulkán'' (''Zsily-Vajdej-Vulkán''); german: Wolkendorf, Wulkan) is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. With a population of 24,160, it is the second-largest cit ...

, a city in Hunedoara County * Vulcan, a village in

Apold Apold (german: Trapold) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Apold, Daia (''Denndorf''; ''Dálya'' or ''Szászdálya''), Șaeș (''Schaas''; ''Segesd''), and Vulcan (''Wolkendorf''; ''Volkány''). ...

Commune, Mureș County * Vulcan, a village in

Ciuruleasa Ciuruleasa (german: Arileis; hu, Csurulyásza) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 1,368, and is composed of nine villages: Bidigești, Bodrești, Boglești, Buninginea (''Buninzsina''), Ciuruleasa, ...

Commune, Alba County * Blăjeni-Vulcan, a village in

Blăjeni Blăjeni ( hu, Blezseny) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Blăjeni, Blăjeni-Vulcan, Criș, Dragu-Brad, Groșuri, Plai, Reț and Sălătruc. At the 2002 census, 100% of inhabitants were eth ...

Commune, Hunedoara County * Buceș-Vulcan, a village in

Buceș Buceș ( hu, Bucsesd) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. ...

Commune, Hunedoara County

United States

* Vulcan, Colorado, a ghost town, where Vulcanite was discovered *

Vulcan, Michigan Norway Township is a civil township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,489 at the 2010 census, down from 1,639 at the 2000 census. Communities *Vulcan is an unincorporated community in Norway Township on U. ...

Vulcan, Missouri Vulcan is an unincorporated community in southern Iron County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Route 49 between Des Arc two miles to the south and Annapolis Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland ...

Vulcan, West Virginia Vulcan is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Vulcan is located along the Tug Fork across from the state of Kentucky. The community was named after Vulcan, the god of fire in Roman mythology. Vulcan received ...

Elsewhere

Vulcan Planum Vulcan Planum is the unofficial name given to a large plain on the surface of Pluto's moon Charon, discovered by ''New Horizons'' during its flyby of Pluto in July 2015. It is named after the fictional planet Vulcan in the science-fiction serie ...

, 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 The vulcanoids are a hypothetical population of asteroids that orbit the Sun in a dynamically stable zone inside the orbit of the planet Mercury. They are named after the hypothetical planet Vulcan, which was proposed on the basis of irregulari ...

, 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 includes the core database engine, a query system, a forms engine, and a programming language ...

, a programming language, now known as dBase *

Vulcan laser The Vulcan laser is an infrared, 8-beam, petawatt neodymium glass laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's Central Laser Facility in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It was the facility's first operational laser. It is designed to deliver irrad ...

, a laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, England *

Vulcan palm ''Brighamia insignis'', commonly known as ''ʻŌlulu'' or ''Alula'' in Hawaiian, or colloquially as the vulcan palm or cabbage on a stick, is a endangered species of Hawaiian lobelioid in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. It is native to t ...

(''Brighamia insignis''), a plant

Military

* Avro Vulcan, a British delta-winged strategic bomber * , various ships * USS ''Vulcan'', three ships *

M163 VADS The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS) is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) that was used by the United States Army. The M168 gun is a variant of the General Dynamics M61 Vulcan rotary cannon, the standard cannon in most U.S. combat ...

(Vulcan Air Defense System), a US self-propelled, antiaircraft Gatling gun *

M167 VADS The M167 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS) is a towed, short-range United States Army anti-aircraft gun designed to protect forward area combat elements and rear area critical assets. It was also used to protect U.S. Air Force warplane airfields ...

(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 The Military Armament Corporation Model 10, officially abbreviated as "M10" or "M-10", and more commonly known as the MAC-10, is a compact, blowback operated machine pistol/ submachine gun that was developed by Gordon B. Ingram in 1964. It is ...

, a semiautomatic, closed-bolt pistol manufactured by Vulcan Armament

Organisations

Vulcan (Turku shipyard) Aktiebolaget Vulcan was an engineering works and shipbuilding company that operated in Turku, Finland between 1898 and 1924. The company was founded by local businessmen, who bought the production facilities from previously ceased Åbo Mekaniska ...

, a former shipyard in Turku, Finland **

Crichton-Vulcan Crichton-Vulcan is an abandoned shipyard in Turku, Finland, that once formed the cornerstone of the Finnish shipbuilding industry. The shipyard is best known for the World War II coastal defence ships and submarines it produced. Shipbuild ...

, 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 Vulcan Materials Company () is an American company based in Birmingham, Alabama. It is principally engaged in the production, distribution and sale of construction materials. Vulcan is the largest producer of construction materials, primarily gra ...

, a construction materials company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, US *

Vulcan Inc. Vulcan LLC is a privately held company founded by the Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his sister Jody Allen in 1986 to establish and oversee the family's diverse business activities and philanthropic endeavors. It includes Vulcan Real Estate ...

, an investment company formed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen *

Vulcan Software Vulcan Software was an independent computer games company founded in 1994 in the UK. Vulcan started creating software for the Amiga computer systems. Its first commercial game was ''Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity'', which was notable for bei ...

, a British computer game company * Vulcan Capital Management, a US private equity firm

Sports

Vulcan changeup In baseball, the vulcan changeup pitch (otherwise known as a vulcan or trekkie) is a type of changeup; it closely resembles a forkball and split-finger fastball. It is a variation of the circle changeup, and when mastered can be extremely effective ...

, a type of baseball pitch *

Auckland Vulcans The Auckland Vulcans were an Auckland based rugby league club that participated in the New South Wales Cup. They were administered by the Rugby League Development Foundation. The team was selected from the Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial C ...

, a rugby league team that plays in the NSW Cup * Birmingham Vulcans, a 1975 World Football League team *

California Vulcans The California Vulcans are the intercollegiate sports teams and players that represent Pennsylvania Western University California (PennWest California; known before July 2022 as California University of Pennsylvania), located in California, Pen ...

, the sports teams of California University of Pennsylvania * The Vulcans, the athletic teams of the

University of Hawaii at Hilo A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

Vehicles

Cars and motorcycles

Aston Martin Vulcan The Aston Martin Vulcan is a two-door, two-seat, high-performance lightweight track-only car launched in 2015 by British luxury automobile manufacturer Aston Martin at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The Vulcan was designed by Aston Martin's creat ...

, a 2015 sports car only for the racetrack *

Ford Vulcan engine The Ford Vulcan is a 3.0 L V6 engine designed and built by the Ford Motor Company. It debuted in 1986 in the newly launched Ford Taurus. Ford went on to install the Vulcan V6 in a variety of car, van, and pickup truck models until the 2008 mo ...

, an automobile engine *

Kawasaki Vulcan The Vulcan name has been used by Kawasaki motorcycles, Kawasaki for their Custom motorcycle, custom or touring bike since 1984, model designation VN, using mostly V-twin engines ranging from . Model history 1984–2006: Vulcan 750 series In 1 ...

, a series of cruiser-type motorcycles

Trains

NZR RM class (Vulcan) The NZR RM class Vulcan railcars were operated by the New Zealand Government Railways (NZR) in the South Island of New Zealand. All New Zealand railcars are classified as RM (Rail Motor), and this class derived their nomenclature from the name of ...

, a former type of railroad car found in preservation in New Zealand * ''Vulcan'' (1874-1892), a

South Devon Railway Buffalo class The ten Buffalo class locomotives were broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required. These lo ...

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 The Vickers Vulcan was a British single-engine biplane airliner of the 1920s built by Vickers Limited at Brooklands Aerodrome, Surrey. It carried eight passengers and a pilot. Development The Vickers Vulcan was designed by Rex Pierson of ...

, a biplane airliner of the 1920s *

Vulcan (rocket) Vulcan Centaur is a two-stage-to-orbit, heavy-lift launch vehicle that is under development by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) since 2014 with an initial flight expected in early 2023. It is principally designed to meet launch demands for the ...

, a rocket launch system under development by the United Launch Alliance * ''Vulcan'' (barge) (1819), the world's first all iron-hulled boat

Other uses

Vulcan (surname) Vulcan is a Romanian language surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Iosif Vulcan (1841–1907), magazine editor and cultural figure *Samuil Vulcan Samuil Vulcan (1 August 1758 – 25 December 1839) was the Bishop of the Diocese ...

, a surname *

Operation Vulcan Operation Vulcan (22 April – 6 May 1943) and Operation Strike (6–12 May 1943) were the final ground attacks by the Allied forces against the Italian and German forces in Tunis, Cape Bon, and Bizerte, the last Axis toeholds in North Africa ...

, an Allied action in Tunisia during World War II *

The Vulcan, Cardiff The Vulcan Hotel is a historic hotel and public house, that was located in Adamsdown suburb of Cardiff, South Wales. Scheduled for demolition in 2009, after a long public campaign to preserve what had become one of Cardiff's oldest working publi ...

, a former historic public house in Wales * Vulcan Hotel (Saint Bathans), Saint Bathans, New Zealand *

The Vulcans The Vulcans is a nickname used to refer to Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush's foreign policy advisory team assembled to brief him prior to the 2000 US presidential election. The Vulcans were led by Condoleezza Rice and included Ri ...

, George W. Bush's foreign policy advisory team for the 2000 U.S. election * Vulcan Nuclear Reactor Testing Establishment, in

Dounreay Dounreay (; gd, Dùnrath) is a small settlement and the site of two large nuclear establishments on the north coast of Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. It is on the A836 road west of Thurso. The nuclear establishments were create ...

, Scotland