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) Humboldt was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in central Saskatchewan, this constituency was one of 25 created for th ...

, 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 is a neighborhood in the North and Northeast sections of Portland, Oregon. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Piedmont to the north, King to the east, Boise to the south, and Overlook A scenic viewpoint—also called an observ ...

** 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 Humboldt Park, one of 77 designated Community areas of Chicago, community areas, is on the West Side, Chicago, West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The Humboldt Park Neighborhoods in Chicago, neighborhood is known for its dynamic social and ethnic ...

, 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 Bay National Wildlife Refuge is located on Humboldt Bay, on the California North Coast near the cities of Eureka and Arcata. The refuge exists primarily to protect and enhance wetland habitats for migratory water birds using the bay ...

*** 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 The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation () is a foundation that promotes international academic cooperation between scientists and scholars from Germany and abroad. Established by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, it is funded by t ...

, a German foundation for the promotion of international research cooperation **

Humboldtschule, Bad Homburg The (abbreviation: ''HUS''; ) is one of two ''Gymnasium (Germany), Gymnasiums'', besides the (KFG), in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse, Germany. The eponyms are Alexander von Humboldt, Alexander (1769–1859) and Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1 ...

, 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 The Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt was a German mechanical engineering firm in Cologne-Kalk and a precursor to the firm of Deutz AG. It was founded in 1871 as ''Maschinenbau A.G. Humboldt'', liquidated due to debts in 1884 and reformed as ''Maschi ...

, mechanical engineering firm in Cologne-Kalk 1871–1930 * Canada **

Humboldt Broncos The Humboldt Broncos are a Canadian junior "A" ice hockey team from Humboldt, Saskatchewan. Established in 1970, the Broncos play in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Broncos have won the SJHL ten times (1972, 1973, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2 ...

, an ice hockey team from Humboldt, Saskatchewan * US: **

Cal Poly Humboldt California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt or Humboldt) is a public university in Arcata, California. It is one of three polytechnic universities in the California State University (CSU) system and the northernmost c ...

, California **

Humboldt High School (disambiguation) Humboldt High School may refer to: *Humboldt High School (Iowa) — Humboldt, Iowa *Humboldt High School (Kansas) — Humboldt, Kansas *Humboldt High School (Tennessee) — Humboldt, Tennessee *Humboldt Senior High School — Saint ...

, 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 The woolly monkeys are the genus ''Lagothrix'' of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae. Both species in this genus originate from the rainforests of South America. They have prehensile tails and live in relatively large soci ...

(Humboldt's woolly monkey) (''Lagothrix lagotricha'') *

Squirrel monkey Squirrel monkeys are New World monkeys of the genus ''Saimiri''. ''Saimiri'' is the only genus in the subfamily Saimiriinae. The name of the genus is of Tupi origin (''sai-mirím'' or ''çai-mbirín'', with ''sai'' meaning 'monkey' and ''mirím' ...

(Humboldt's squirrel monkey) (''Saimiri sciureus cassiquiarensis'') *

Humboldt penguin The Humboldt penguin (''Spheniscus humboldti'') is a medium-sized penguin. It resides in South America, along the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile. Its nearest relatives are the African penguin, the Magellanic penguin and the Galápagos penguin. ...

(''Spheniscus humboldti'') *

Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk (''Conepatus humboldtii''), also known as the Patagonian hog-nosed skunk, is a species of hog-nosed skunk indigenous to the open grassy areas in the Patagonian regions of South Argentina and Chile. It belongs to the o ...

(''Conepatus humboldtii'') *

Golden-backed uakari The golden-backed uakari (''Cacajao melanocephalus'') or black-headed uakari, is a New World primate from the family Pitheciidae. It lives in the Amazon Rainforest, and is found in the countries of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. It has black h ...

(''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 ''Lilium humboldtii'', or Humboldt's lily, is a species of lily native to the US state of California and the Mexican state of Baja California. It is named after naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. It is native to the South High Cascad ...

'', Humboldt's lily * ''Russula humboldtii'', a mushroom species * ''

Quercus humboldtii ''Quercus humboldtii'', commonly known as the Andean oak, Colombian oak or roble, is a species of oak found only in Colombia and Panama. It is named for Alexander von Humboldt. Description ''Quercus humboldtii'' is an evergreen tree which grows ...

'', 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 54 Alexandra is a carbonaceous asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 155 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German-French astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt on 10 September 1858, and named after the German explorer A ...

, asteroid *

Humboldt (crater) Humboldt is a large lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon. Due to foreshortening this formation has an extremely oblong appearance. The actual shape of the crater is an irregular circle, with a significant inden ...

on the Moon *

Mare Humboldtianum Mare Humboldtianum (Latin ''humboldtiānum'', the "Sea of Alexander von Humboldt") is a lunar mare located just to the east of Mare Frigoris, in the center of Humboldtianum basin. It is located along the northeastern limb of the Moon, and cont ...

, lunar mare (sea)

Venezuela

El Ávila National Park The Ávila National Park, officially known as Waraira Repano National Park for its indigenous Island Caribs, Cariban name, protects part of the Cordillera de la Costa Central mountain range, in the coastal region of central-northern Venezuela. T ...

(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 The Humboldt Research Award (), also known informally as the Humboldt Prize, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of Germany in recognition of ...

, for research