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

• Wes Humboldt, a 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

• 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
• Humboldt, Wisconsin, a town
  • Humboldt (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Humboldt County, California
• Humboldt County, Iowa
• Humboldt County, Nevada
• Humboldt Township (disambiguation), various townships of this name

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°09′01″N 121°25′47″W / 40.150341°N 121.429825°W
  • Humboldt BM, a California benchmark peak west of Humboldt Peak (California) at 40°08′50″N 121°27′55″W / 40.147192°N 121.465187°W
• 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

Rivers, lakes, bays, marshes

• Humboldt Bay, California
• Humboldt Current or Peru Current of the Pacific
• Humboldt Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand
• Humboldt Glacier in Greenland
• Humboldt River, Nevada
  • Little Humboldt River, tributary of the Humboldt
• Humboldt Salt Marsh, Nevada
• Humboldt Sink, Nevada
• Lake Humboldt, Nevada
• Yos Sudarso Bay in New Guinea, formerly known as Humboldt Bay

Organizations and institutions

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

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)

Other uses

• Humboldt Airport in Saskatchewan, Canada
• Humboldt's Gift, a novel by Saul Bellow
• Humboldt Municipal Airport (disambiguation), multiple airports
• Humboldt Prize, a research prize
• Hotel Humboldt, a hotel of Caracas, Venezuela
• Sima Humboldt, sinkhole in Venezuela
• Monumento Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt, Venezuela's first-designated national monument at Cueva del Guácharo, Caripe