Humboldt

Humboldt may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Fictional characters 2 Places 2.1 Counties 2.2 Cities, towns/townships, villages 2.2.1 In Canada 2.2.2 In the USA 3 Ships 4 Geographical features 4.1 Mountains 4.2 Forests, parks, nature preserves 4.3 Rivers, lakes, bays, marshes 5 Other 6 Institutions 7 Animals 8 Plants 9 In space

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

Counties

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

Cities, towns/townships, villages

In Canada

• Humboldt, Saskatchewan
• Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370, Saskatchewan

In the USA

• Humboldt, Arizona
• Humboldt City, California
• Humboldt, Illinois
• Humboldt, Iowa
• Humboldt, Kansas
• Humboldt, Nevada
• Humboldt, Minnesota
• Humboldt, Nebraska
• Humboldt, South Dakota
• Humboldt, Tennessee
• Humboldt, Wisconsin, a town
  • Humboldt (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Humboldt Township, Michigan
• Humboldt Township, Minnesota

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

Geographical features

Mountains

• Humboldt Range, Nevada
  • East Humboldt Range, Nevada
    • Humboldt Peak (Nevada)
  • West Humboldt Range, Nevada
• Humboldt Mountains in Antarctica
• Humboldt Peak (California), a California peak in the Lassen National Forest at
  • Humboldt BM, a California benchmark peak west of Humboldt Peak (California) at
• Humboldt Peak (Colorado), USA
• Humboldt Range (Otago), New Zealand
• Mont Humboldt in New Caledonia
• Pico Humboldt in Venezuela

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Forests, parks, nature preserves

• Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, in Eureka, 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 in Chicago, Illinois

Rivers, lakes, bays, marshes

• Humboldt Bay, California
• Humboldt Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand
• Little Humboldt River, Nevada
• Lake Humboldt, Nevada
• Humboldt River, Nevada
• Humboldt Salt Marsh, Nevada
• Humboldt Sink, Nevada
• Yos Sudarso Bay in New Guinea, formerly known as Humboldt Bay

Other

• Humboldt Current or Peru Current of the Pacific
• Humboldt Glacier in Greenland
• Humboldt Municipal Airport (disambiguation), multiple airports
• Mirador Humboldt in Tenerife
• Teluk Humboldt in Indonesia

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 Gymnasium in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse
• Humboldt High School (disambiguation), 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
• Alexander von Humboldt 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)
• Humboldt's Black-headed Uakari (Cacajao melanocephalus)
• Yeast species (Pichia humboldtii)
• Catostomidae (Humboldt sucker) (Catostomus occidentalis humboldtianus)
• Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas)
• Amazon River Dolphin subspecies (Inia geoffrensis humboldtiana)

Plants

• Anthurium (Anthurium humboldtianum Kunth.)
• Utricularia 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)

In space

• 4877 Humboldt, asteroid
• 54 Alexandra, asteroid
• Catena Humboldt on the Moon
• Mare Humboldtianum, lunar mare(sea)

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