Humboldt
Humboldt may refer to:
People[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Humboldt Fleisher, character in novel Humboldt's Gift
- Wes Humboldt, character played by Mike O’Brien on Corner Gas
Places[edit]
Argentina[edit]
- Humboldt, Argentina, a town in Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Australia[edit]
- Humboldt, Queensland, a locality in the Central Highlands Region
Canada[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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:
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada
- Humboldt City, Nevada, ruins of mining settlement
- Humboldt Park, Chicago, a Chicago community area
Transportation[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Guevea de Humboldt, Oaxaca, Mexico
Geographical features[edit]
Mountains[edit]
- In United States:
- Humboldt Mountains (Antarctica), Queen Maud Land
- Humboldt Mountains (New Zealand), Otago
- Pico Humboldt in Venezuela
Parks, forests, nature preserves[edit]
- United States:
- California:
- Nevada:
- 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[edit]
- 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
- Bays:
- On land:
- Humboldt Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand
- Humboldt River basin, Nevada, United States:
Organizations and institutions[edit]
- Latin America:
- German schools:[vague]
- In Mexico:
- Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt, Mexico City
- Colegio Humboldt, Puebla, Mexico
- Colégio Humboldt, São Paulo, Brazil
- Colegio Humboldt, Caracas, Venezuela
- In Mexico:
- Humboldt Shipmanagement, Valparaíso, Chile
- Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt, Venezuela
- Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt, Lima, Peru
- German schools:[vague]
- 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[edit]
Animals[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 4877 Humboldt, asteroid
- 54 Alexandra, asteroid
- Humboldt (crater) on the Moon
- Mare Humboldtianum, lunar mare (sea)
Venezuela[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Humboldt Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Humboldt Broncos bus crash, which occurred near Humboldt, Saskatchewan
- Humboldt Prize, for research
See also[edit]
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