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

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

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

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