Humboldt

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Humboldt may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 2.1 Counties 2.2 Cities, towns/townships, villages 3 Ships 4 Geographical features 5 Institutions 6 Animals 7 Plants 8 In space

[edit] People

• Alexander von Humboldt, a German natural scientist
• Wilhelm von Humboldt (his brother), a linguist, philosopher, and diplomat

[edit] Places

[edit] Counties

• Humboldt County, California
• Humboldt County, Iowa
• Humboldt County, Nevada

[edit] Cities, towns/townships, villages

In Canada

• Humboldt, Saskatchewan

In the USA

• Humboldt, Arizona
• Humboldt, Illinois
• Humboldt, Iowa
• Humboldt, Kansas
• Humboldt, Nevada
• Humboldt, Minnesota
• Humboldt, Nebraska
• Humboldt, South Dakota
• Humboldt, Tennessee
• Humboldt, Brown County, Wisconsin
• Humboldt Township, Michigan
• Humboldt Township, Minnesota

Other locales

• Humboldt Hill, California
• Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois

[edit] Ships

• Alexander von Humboldt (ship), a German Tall ship
• "A.v.Humboldt, a German research ship
• "Alexander von Humboldt", a German cruise ship

[edit] Geographical features

Mountains

• East Humboldt Range, Nevada
• Humboldt Range, Nevada
• Humboldt Mountains in Antarctica
• Humboldt Mountains in China
• Humboldt Mountains in New Zealand
• Humboldt Peak (Colorado), USA
• Mont Humboldt in New Caledonia
• Mount Humboldt in New Zealand
• Pico Humboldt in Venezuela
• West Humboldt Range, Nevada

Forests, parks, nature preserves

• Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California
• Humboldt Wildlife Management Area, Nevada
• Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada
• Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt in Cuba

Rivers, lakes, bays, marshes

• Humboldt Bay (United States), California
• Little Humboldt River, Nevada
• Lake Humboldt, Nevada
• Humboldt River, Nevada
• Humboldt Salt Marsh, Nevada
• Humboldt Sink, Nevada
• Humboldt Bay in New Guinea

Other

• Humboldt Current or Peru Current of the Pacific
• Humboldt Glacier in Greenland
• Humboldt Municipal Airport (HBO) in Nebraska
• Mirador Humboldt in Tenerife
• Teluk Humboldt in Indonesia

[edit] 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
• Guevea de Humboldt, Oaxaca, Mexico
• Humboldt Shipmanagement, Valparaíso, Chile
• Humboldtschule (Bad Homburg), a German secondary school in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse
• Humboldt High School, several high schools in the United States
• Humboldt Museum of Natural History (Museum für Naturkunde), part of the University
• Humboldt State University, California
• Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
• Núcleo Pioneiro de Humboldt, scientific center in the Amazon Basin

[edit] Animals

• Humboldt's Big-eared Brown Bat (Histiotus humboldti)
• Humboldt's Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha)
• Humboldt's squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus cassiquiarensis)
• Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
• Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus humboldtii)
• Humboldt's Black-headed Uakari (Cacajao melanocephalus)
• Yeast species (Pichia humboldtii)
• Humboldt sucker (Catostomus occidentalis humboldtianus)
• Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas)
• Amazon River Dolphin subspecies (Inia geoffrensis humboldtiana)

[edit] Plants

• Anthurium (Anthurium humboldtianum Kunth.)
• Bladderwort species (Utricularia humboldtii)
• Cactus species (Mammillaria humboldtii)
• Humboldt's Lily (Lilium humboldtii)
• Mushroom species (Tricholomopsis humboldtii)
• South American Oak (Quercus humboldtii)
• Orchid species (Schomburgkia humboldtii)

[edit] In space

• 54 Alexandra, asteroid
• Catena Humboldt on the Moon
• Mare Humboldtianum, lunar mare(sea)