# 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

* 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 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
*** 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:
** 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