Humboldt may refer to:

People

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, natural history, naturalist, List of explorers, explorer, and proponent of Romanticism, Romantic philosophy and Romanticism ...

, German natural scientist, brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt *

Wilhelm von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a German philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1949, the university was named aft ...

, German linguist, philosopher, and diplomat, brother of Alexander von Humboldt

Fictional characters

* Humboldt Fleisher, character in novel ''

Humboldt's Gift ''Humboldt's Gift'' is a 1975 novel by Canadian-American author Saul Bellow. It won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and contributed to Bellow's winning the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year. Plot The novel, which Bellow initially inten ...

'' * Wes Humboldt, character played by Mike O'Brien on '' Corner Gas''

Places

Argentina

* Humboldt, Argentina, a town in Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Australia

* Humboldt, Queensland, a locality in the Central Highlands Region

Canada

* Humboldt, Saskatchewan * Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370, Saskatchewan * Humboldt (federal 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, Illinois ** Humboldt, Iowa ** Humboldt, Kansas ** Humboldt, Minnesota ** Humboldt, Nebraska ** Humboldt, Ohio ** Humboldt, Portland, Oregon ** Humboldt, Pennsylvania ** Humboldt, South Dakota ** Humboldt, Tennessee ** In Wisconsin: *** Humboldt, Wisconsin, town *** Humboldt (community), Wisconsin, unincorporated community * Superordinate governmental units: ** Counties: ***

Humboldt County, California Humboldt County () is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 136,463. The county seat is Eureka, California, Eureka. Humboldt County compri ...

*** Humboldt County, Iowa *** Humboldt County, Nevada ** Humboldt Township (disambiguation) * Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada * Humboldt City, Nevada, ruins of mining settlement * Humboldt Industrial Area, Minneapolis * Humboldt Park, Chicago, a Chicago community area

Transportation

* Humboldt station (Saskatchewan), a former railway station in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada * Humboldt–Hospital station, a Buffalo Metro Rail station in Buffalo, New York, United States * Humboldt Street (LIRR station), a Long Island Rail Road station in Brooklyn, New York, United States

Other

* Guevea de Humboldt, Oaxaca, Mexico

Geographical features

Mountains

* In United States: ** Humboldt Peak (Colorado) ** Nevada: *** East Humboldt Range **** Humboldt Peak (Nevada) *** Humboldt Range *** West Humboldt Range * Humboldt Mountains (Antarctica), Queen Maud Land * Humboldt Mountains (New Zealand), Otago * Pico Humboldt in Venezuela

Parks, forests, nature preserves

* United States: ** California: *** Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, in Eureka *** Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge *** Humboldt Redwoods State Park ** Nevada: *** Humboldt Wildlife Management Area *** Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest ** Buffalo, New York: *** Humboldt Park, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Park *** Humboldt Parkway, repurposed **

Humboldt Park (Chicago park) Humboldt Park is an urban park located at 1400 North Sacramento Avenue in West Town, Chicago, West Town, on the West Side, Chicago, West Side of Chicago, Illinois. To its west is the neighborhood named after it, also called Humboldt Park, Chica ...

* Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt in Cuba * Monumento Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt, at Cueva del Guácharo National Park in Venezuela * Sima Humboldt, sinkhole in Venezuela

Water and ice features

* Oceanic: ** Humboldt Glacier in Greenland ** Pacific Basin: *** Bays: ****

Humboldt Bay Humboldt Bay (Wiyot language, Wiyot: ''Wigi'') is a natural bay and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon located on the rugged North Coast (California), North Coast of California, entirely within Humboldt County, California, Humboldt County, ...

, California **** Humboldt Bay, AKA Yos Sudarso Bay, New Guinea *** Humboldt Current or Peru Current of the Pacific * On land: ** Humboldt Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand ** Humboldt River basin, Nevada, United States: ***

Humboldt River The Humboldt River is the longest river in the northern and central part of Nevada. It extends in a general east-to-west direction from its headwaters in northern Nevada's Jarbidge Mountains, Jarbidge, Independence Mountains, Independence, and ...

*** 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 Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

**** Colegio Humboldt,

Puebla Puebla, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its capital is Puebla City. Part of east-centr ...

, Mexico *** Colégio Humboldt,

São Paulo, Brazil SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of Yu ...

*** Colegio Humboldt,

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

, Venezuela ** Humboldt Shipmanagement,

Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...

, Chile ** Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt, Venezuela ** Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt,

Lima, Peru Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

* 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 ** For 60 years (1949-2009), ''Humboldt Museum'' was a popular name referring to the Berlin's Natural History Museum, in Germany **

Humboldt University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...

(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) ** Maschinenbau Anstalt Humboldt, mechanical engineering firm in Cologne-Kalk 1871–1930 * Canada ** Humboldt Broncos, an ice hockey team from Humboldt, Saskatchewan * US: ** Cal Poly Humboldt, California ** Humboldt High School (disambiguation), several high schools in the United States * Alexander von Humboldt German International School Montreal, Canada

Biological groups

Animals

Vesper bat Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...

(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 The Humboldt squid (''Dosidicus gigas''), also known as jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid, is a large, predatory squid living in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the Monotypic taxon, only known species of the genus ''Dosidicus'' of the subfamily ...

(''Dosidicus gigas'') *

Amazon river dolphin The Amazon river dolphin (''Inia geoffrensis''), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale Endemism, endemic to South America and is classified in the family Iniidae. Three subspecies are currently recogni ...

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

In space

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

Venezuela

* El Ávila National Park (Hotel Humboldt), a hotel in Caracas * Sima Humboldt, a sinkhole in Venezuela * Pico Humboldt in Venezuela * Monumento Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt, at Cueva del Guácharo National Park in Venezuela

Other uses

* Humboldt Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada *

Humboldt Broncos bus crash On April 6, 2018, 16 people were killed and 13 were injured when a northbound Coach (bus), coach bus struck a westbound semi-trailer truck that blew through a stop sign near Armley, Saskatchewan, Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada. The driver of th ...

, which occurred near Humboldt, Saskatchewan * Humboldt Prize, for research