Humboldt Explained

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

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 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
    • 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
  • 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
  • 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:
  • Humboldt State University, 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

See also

• Humboldt Municipal Airport (disambiguation)