Humboldt

Humboldt may refer to:

People

• Alexander von Humboldt, German natural scientist, brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt
• Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist, philosopher, and diplomat, brother of Alexander von Humboldt

Fictional characters

• Humboldt Fleisher, character in novel Humboldt's Gift
• Wes Humboldt, character played by Mike O’Brien on Corner Gas

Places

Canada

• Humboldt, Saskatchewan
• Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370, Saskatchewan
• Humboldt (electoral district), a former federal electoral district
• Humboldt (provincial electoral district), a former Saskatchewan provincial electoral district

United States

• Settled places:
  • Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
  • Humboldt City, California
  • Humboldt, Illinois
  • Humboldt, Iowa
  • Humboldt, Kansas
  • Humboldt, Nevada
  • Humboldt, Minnesota
  • Humboldt, Nebraska
  • Humboldt, Ohio
  • Humboldt, Portland, Oregon
  • Humboldt, South Dakota
  • Humboldt, Tennessee
  • In Wisconsin:
    • Humboldt, Wisconsin, town
    • Humboldt (community), Wisconsin, unincorporated community
• Superordinate governmental units:
  • Counties:
    • Humboldt County, California
    • Humboldt County, Iowa
    • Humboldt County, Nevada
  • Humboldt Township (disambiguation)
• Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada
• Humboldt City, Nevada, ruins of mining settlement

Geographical features

Mountains

• Humboldt Range, Nevada
  • East Humboldt Range, Nevada
    • Humboldt Peak (Nevada)
  • West Humboldt Range, Nevada
• Humboldt Mountains (Antarctica), Queen Maud Land
• Humboldt Mountains (New Zealand), Otago
• Humboldt Peak (California), a California peak in the Lassen National Forest at 40.150341°N 121.429825°W / 40.150341; -121.429825
  • Humboldt BM, a California benchmark peak west of Humboldt Peak (California) at 40.147192°N 121.465187°W / 40.147192; -121.465187
• Humboldt Peak (Colorado), USA
• Mont Humboldt in New Caledonia
• Pico Humboldt in Venezuela

Parks, forests, nature preserves

• Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, in Eureka, California
• Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge in California
• Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California
• Humboldt Wildlife Management Area, Nevada
• Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada
• Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt in Cuba
• Humboldt Park (Chicago park) in Chicago, Illinois
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Park - originally Humboldt Park - an Olmstead Park located in Buffalo, New York
• Humboldt Parkway - a former parkway in Buffalo, New York

Water and ice features

• Oceanic:
  • Humboldt Glacier in Greenland
  • Pacific Basin:
    • Humboldt Bay, California
    • Humboldt Current or Peru Current of the Pacific
    • Humboldt Bay, in New Guinea; AKA Yos Sudarso Bay
• On land:
  • Humboldt Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand
  • Nevada (Humboldt River basin) features:
    • Humboldt River
    • Little Humboldt River
    • Humboldt Salt Marsh
    • Humboldt Sink
    • Lake Humboldt

Organizations and institutions

• Latin America:
  • German schools:
    • In Mexico:
      • Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt, Mexico City
      • Colegio Humboldt, Puebla, Mexico
    • Colégio Humboldt, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Colegio Humboldt, Caracas, Venezuela
  • Humboldt Shipmanagement, Valparaíso, Chile
  • Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt, Venezuela
  • Guevea de Humboldt, Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt, Lima, Peru
• Germany:
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, a German foundation for the promotion of international research cooperation
  • Humboldtschule, Bad Homburg, a German Gymnasium in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse
  • Humboldt Box, a museum and information center in Berlin, Germany
  • Humboldt Museum of Natural History (Museum für Naturkunde) in Berlin, Germany
  • Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
• US:
  • Humboldt State University, California
  • Humboldt High School (disambiguation), several high schools in the United States
• Alexander von Humboldt German International School Montreal, Canada

Plants and animals

Animals

• Vesper bat (Humboldt's big-eared brown bat) (Histiotus humboldti)
• Woolly monkey (Humboldt's woolly monkey) (Lagothrix lagotricha)
• Squirrel monkey (Humboldt's squirrel monkey) (Saimiri sciureus cassiquiarensis)
• Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
• Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus humboldtii)
• Golden-backed uakari (Cacajao melanocephalus)
• Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas)
• Amazon river dolphin subspecies (Inia geoffrensis humboldtiana)

Plants

• Anthurium humboldtianum, a species of arum
• Utricularia humboldtii, a large perennial carnivorous plant
• Mammillaria humboldtii, a cactus species
• Lilium humboldtii, Humboldt's lily
• Russula humboldtii, a mushroom species
• Quercus humboldtii, a South American oak
• Myrmecophila humboldtii, an orchid species

Ships

• Alexander von Humboldt (ship), a German tall ship
• USS Humboldt (AVP-21), a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1941 to 1947
• USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372), later WHEC-372, a United States Coast Guard cutter in commission from 1949 to 1969
• Humboldt (steamer), an 1896 wooden steamer on the Alaska route, that also sailed between Los Angeles and San Francisco
• Humboldt, a Peruvian oceanographic ship.

In space

• 4877 Humboldt, asteroid
• 54 Alexandra, asteroid
• Humboldt (crater) on the Moon
• Mare Humboldtianum, lunar mare(sea)

Venezuela

• Hotel Humboldt, a hotel of Caracas
• Sima Humboldt, sinkhole in Venezuela
• Monumento Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt, at Cueva del Guácharo National Park in Venezuela

Other uses

• Humboldt Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Humboldt Prize, for research

See also

• Humboldt Municipal Airport (disambiguation), multiple airports