Qo'noS

Qo'noS, also known as Kling, is the homeworld of the Klingon species and capital planet of the Klingon Empire. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.)

The world orbits an orange bright subgiant (Type K1 IV) star and possessed two moons; Corvix and Praxis, the latter of the two is now remnants that circle the planet after it exploded. The planet itself possesses a single landmas that comprises the entire habitable surface. The terrain consists primarily of high, rocky mountains, jagged cliffs, and rivers of lava, which are the result of unstable tectonics. A greenhouse effect caused by the volcanic ash keeps the planet's surface warm and traps its oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere. The interaction of cold air over the ocean and extremely hot air over the continents gives rise to sizable storms; with no land on the planet's far side to halt their growth, the hurricanes the size of Earth's North America form over the sea and slam into the land like a sledgehammer. Visitors to Qo'noS find it difficult to move around in the high gravity (1.23G) and thick atmosphere causing fatigue among those who visit the planet. 

Out of the other five planets located wihin the system, Qo'noS is the only habitable M Class planet. Though it requires a certain level of technology in order to maintain the environment. (TOS video game: Starfleet Command)


 * This clashes with the information in Decipher's Aliens book which states it is the third world within a ten planet system.

History
The most significant change that occurred to Qo'noS was the destruction of its moon Praxis due to overmining. (TOS movie: Undiscovered Country) The remains of the moon would form an asteroid belt around the planet which would remove any detection systems the Klingons had in place. Furthermore, the asteroid field resulted in frequent meteor showers raining on the planet below with the larger pieces crashing into the Klingon homeworld fifty years after Praxis's explosion. This would be a dangerous event for the Klingon homeworld and the species itself as it resulted in a slow death without assistance from the Federation. (TOS novel: Sarek)

Seas

 * Chu'paq Sea
 * Sea of Gatan

Continents and Provinces

 * Ketha Province
 * Ketha lowlands
 * Mekro'vak region
 * Shanto K'tor Province

Regions

 * Almron Preserve
 * Fesh'rin Hills
 * DuHoH desert
 * S'zlach
 * Tiv'ranisch
 * Caves of Kahless
 * Lake Lusor
 * Uhq'ra' Mountains
 * Kang Summit
 * Caves of No'Mat
 * Hamar Mountains
 * Skral River
 * Valley of Cybriss
 * HatlhHurgh
 * Kartade Forest
 * Flame Cliffs of Kutabi

Points of Interest

 * Great Hall
 * Hall of Heroes
 * Hall of Honor
 * Tactical College
 * Combat Testing Center
 * Federation Embassy on Qo'noS

Cities

 * Emperor Kahless Military City
 * First City
 * Old Quarter
 * Quin'lat
 * Tolar'tu
 * Khal
 * Qam-Chee
 * Tong Vey
 * An'quat
 * Qa'yarin
 * Serra'nob
 * T'chariv‎

Volcanos

 * Kri'stak volcano

Flora

 * Arhksamm tree
 * En'tach
 * Micayah
 * M'ressa bush

Fauna

 * Blas Rika
 * Cob'lat
 * Drownfish
 * Firespitter
 * Grint hound
 * Grishnar cat
 * Kolar beast
 * Kraw'za
 * Krencha
 * LIngta'
 * Minn'hor
 * Pipius
 * Ratifer
 * Sabre bear
 * Sark
 * S'tarahk
 * Targ
 * Yolok