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, 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, 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) * 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, 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 *** 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, 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 (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 (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

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