Humboldt
Topics referred to by the same term
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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
Places
Argentina
- Humboldt, Argentina, a town in Santa Fe Province
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
- Humboldt, Illinois
- Humboldt, Iowa
- Humboldt, Kansas
- Humboldt, Minnesota
- Humboldt, Nebraska
- Humboldt, Ohio
- Humboldt, Portland, Oregon
- Humboldt, Pennsylvania
- Humboldt, South Dakota
- Humboldt, Tennessee
- Humboldt, Wisconsin, a town
- Humboldt (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community within the town
- Humboldt County, California
- Humboldt County, Iowa
- Humboldt County, Nevada
- Humboldt Township (disambiguation)
- Humboldt City, Nevada, ruins of a mining settlement
- Humboldt Industrial Area, Minneapolis
- Humboldt Park, Chicago, a Chicago community area
Geographical features
Mountains
- Humboldt Mountains (Antarctica), Queen Maud Land
- Humboldt Mountains (New Zealand), Otago
- Humboldt Peak (Colorado), United States
- Humboldt Peak (Nevada), United States
- Humboldt Range, Nevada
- Pico Humboldt, Venezuela
Parks, forests, nature preserves in the United States
- Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, Eureka, California
- Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California
- Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California
- Humboldt Park (Chicago park), Illinois
- Humboldt Wildlife Management Area, Nevada
- Humboldt Park, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Buffalo, New York
- Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, New York, repurposed
Water and ice features
United States
- Humboldt Bay, California
- Humboldt River, Nevada
- Humboldt Salt Marsh, Nevada
- Humboldt Sink, Nevada
- Lake Humboldt, Nevada
Elsewhere
- Humboldt Current, Pacific Ocean
- Humboldt Glacier, Greenland
- Humboldt Bay, aka Yos Sudarso Bay, New Guinea
- Humboldt Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand
Other geographical features
- Sima Humboldt, Venezuela, a sinkhole
Organizations and institutions in Germany
- 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
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 squid (Dosidicus gigas)
Schools in the United States
- California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, California
- Humboldt High School (disambiguation), several high schools
Ships
- USS Humboldt, a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1941 to 1947, later USCGC Humboldt, a United States Coast Guard cutter in commission from 1949 to 1969
- Humboldt (steamer), an 1896 wooden steamer on the Alaska route
In space
- 4877 Humboldt, an asteroid
- Humboldt (crater) on the Moon
Transportation
Canada
- Humboldt Airport, Saskatchewan
- Humboldt station (Saskatchewan), a former railway station in Humboldt, Saskatchewan
United States
- Humboldt Municipal Airport (Iowa), Humboldt, Iowa
- Humboldt Municipal Airport (Tennessee), Humboldt, Tennessee
- Humboldt–Hospital station, a Buffalo Metro Rail station in Buffalo, New York
- Humboldt Street (LIRR station), a Long Island Rail Road station in Brooklyn, New York
Other uses
- Humboldt Prize, for research
- Humboldt Industrial Area, Minneapolis
- Humboldt Industrial Park (Hazleton, Pennsylvania)
- Humboldt Broncos, an ice hockey team based in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Hotel Humboldt, in El Ávila National Park, Caracas, Venezuela
- Humboldt Fleisher, a fictional character in the novel Humboldt's Gift
- Wes Humboldt, a fictional character in the television series Corner Gas
See also
- Alexander von Humboldt (disambiguation)
- Von Humboldt, a list of people with the surname
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