Vulcan Planitia, /ˈvʌlkən pləˈnɪʃə/ or Vulcan Planum, is the unofficial name given to a large plain on the southern hemisphere of Pluto's moon Charon...

Vulcanite was discovered Vulcan, Michigan Vulcan, Missouri Vulcan, West Virginia Vulcan Planitia, a plain on Pluto's moon Charon Vulcan (hypothetical planet)...

years before freezing, possibly driving cryovolcanic resurfacing of Vulcan Planitia. Radiogenic heat from Charon's core could then melt a second subsurface...

mountain peaks on Pluto's moon Charon that rise out of depressions in the Vulcan Planitia region. The feature was first recorded by the Long Range Reconnaissance...

troughs that traverse the face of Charon along the northern edge of Vulcan Planitia. The feature was discovered using stereoscopic processing of New Horizons...

Charon is divided onto two primary regions; Oz Terra in the north and Vulcan Planitia in the south. These regions are separated by a series of scarps near...

effusive eruptions, similar to the Lunar maria. These floodplains form Vulcan Planitia and may have erupted as Charon's internal ocean froze. In 2022, low-resolution...

It is part of a series of faults that run along the perimeter of Vulcan Planitia. It was discovered by the New Horizons mission, and informally named...

4.5 km deep Charon Butler Mons ≥ 4.5 km (2.8 mi) 0.74 tectonic (?) Vulcan Planitia, the southern plains, has several isolated peaks, possibly tilted crustal...

hypothesis of Mordor Macula's origin states that cryovolcanism in Vulcan Planitia pumped enough methane into the paleoatmosphere from Charon's subsurface...