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Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, p ...
, German natural scientist, brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt *
Wilhelm von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (, also , ; ; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named after ...
, German linguist, philosopher, and diplomat, brother of Alexander von Humboldt


Fictional characters

* Humboldt Fleisher, character in novel ''
Humboldt's Gift ''Humboldt's Gift'' is a 1975 novel by Canadian-American author Saul Bellow. It won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and contributed to Bellow's winning the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year. Plot The novel, which Bellow initially intend ...
'' * Wes Humboldt, character played by Mike O’Brien on ''
Corner Gas ''Corner Gas'' is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV, CTV2, CTV Comedy Channel, Much, MTV, E! and are streaming on Crave and Amazon Prime. The seri ...
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Places


Australia

* Humboldt, Queensland, a locality in the Central Highlands Region


Canada

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Humboldt, Saskatchewan Humboldt is a city in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located 113 km east of Saskatoon at the junction of Highway 5 and Highway 20. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370. History Named after Ger ...
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Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370 The Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 15 and Division No. 5. Located in the central portion of the province, it is alo ...
, Saskatchewan *
Humboldt (electoral district) Humboldt was a federal electoral district in Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1953. When it was created in 1903, it was part of the Northwest Territories. When Saskatchewan became a province in 1905, Humbo ...
, a former federal electoral district *
Humboldt (provincial electoral district) Humboldt was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in central Saskatchewan, this constituency was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905. Incorporated as a ci ...
, a former Saskatchewan provincial electoral district


United States

* Settled places: ** Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona **
Humboldt, Illinois Humboldt is a village in Coles County, Illinois, Coles County, Illinois, United States. At the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, its population was 361. It is part of the Charleston-Mattoon micropolitan area, Charleston-Mattoon Micropolitan ...
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Humboldt, Iowa Humboldt is a city in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,792 at the time of the 2020 census, gaining 340 people over the 2000 total. History Frank A. Gotch Park (just south of present-day Humboldt and Dakota City) was a ...
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Humboldt, Kansas Humboldt is a city in Allen County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Neosho River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,847. History 19th century Humboldt, named after Baron von Humboldt, was founded in 1 ...
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Humboldt, Minnesota Humboldt is a city in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 41 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Humboldt has been in operation since 1896. The city is reportedly named after Alexander von Humboldt, who wa ...
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Humboldt, Nebraska Humboldt is a city in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 877 at the 2010 census. History Humboldt was platted in 1868. It was named after Humboldt, Tennessee, where an early settler had stayed while fighting in the C ...
** Humboldt, Ohio **
Humboldt, Portland, Oregon Humboldt is a neighborhood in the North and Northeast sections of Portland, Oregon. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Piedmont to the north, King to the east, Boise to the south, and Overlook to the west. See also * Portland foreclosure prote ...
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Humboldt, Pennsylvania Humboldt is an unincorporated community in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachi ...
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Humboldt, South Dakota Humboldt is a town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 579 at the 2020 census. History The first settlement at Humboldt was made in 1877. The town was named from its location in Humboldt Township. A post office ...
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Humboldt, Tennessee Humboldt is a city in Gibson and Madison counties, Tennessee. The population was 8,452 at the 2010 census, a decline of 1,015 from 2000. It is the principal city of and is included in the Humboldt, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area, which i ...
** In Wisconsin: *** Humboldt, Wisconsin, town ***
Humboldt (community), Wisconsin Humboldt is an unincorporated community located in the town of Humboldt, Brown County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most popul ...
, unincorporated community * Superordinate governmental units: ** Counties: ***
Humboldt County, California Humboldt County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 136,463. The county seat is Eureka. Humboldt County comprises the Eureka–Arcata–Fortuna, California Micropolitan Statistica ...
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Humboldt County, Iowa Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,597. The county seat is Dakota City. The county was created in 1857 and named in honor of Alexander von Humboldt. History Founding Iowa's entry ...
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Humboldt County, Nevada Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 17,285. It is a largely rural county that is sparsely populated with the only major city being Winnemucca which has a population of 8,431. Humbo ...
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Humboldt Township (disambiguation) Humboldt Township may refer to the following places in the United States: * Humboldt Township, Coles County, Illinois * Humboldt Township, Humboldt County, Iowa * Humboldt Township, Allen County, Kansas * Humboldt Township, Michigan * Humboldt To ...
* Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada *
Humboldt City, Nevada Humboldt City, Nevada is a former mining settlement whose ruins lie in Pershing County approximately 10 miles SW of Mill City and 2 miles SE of Interstate 80 Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses ...
, ruins of mining settlement *
Humboldt Park, Chicago Humboldt Park, one of 77 designated community areas, is on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The Humboldt Park neighborhood is known for its dynamic social and ethnic demographic change over the years. The Puerto Rican community has identif ...
, a Chicago community area


Transportation

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Humboldt station (Saskatchewan) The Humboldt station is a former railway station in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. It was built by the Canadian Northern Railway along the Winnipeg to Edmonton mainline. The -story, wood-frame, railway station was completed in 1905. The last CNR pass ...
, a former railway station in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada *
Humboldt–Hospital station Humboldt–Hospital is a Buffalo Metro Rail station located at the western terminus of Kensington Avenue and Main Street and is the only station with entrances on both sides of the Main Street for passengers to enter and exit from. To not confuse ...
, a Buffalo Metro Rail station in Buffalo, New York, United States *
Humboldt Street (LIRR station) Humboldt Street was a train station along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station was originally built on May 15, 1878. The platform area extended between Humboldt Street and Graham Street. History Humboldt Street was .99 mi ...
, a Long Island Rail Road station in Brooklyn, New York, United States


Other

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Guevea de Humboldt Guevea de Humboldt is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It in the north of the Tehuantepec District, which is in the west of the Istmo Region. History The name Guevea comes from the variant of the Zapotec language of t ...
, Oaxaca, Mexico


Geographical features


Mountains

* In United States: **
Humboldt Peak (Colorado) Humboldt Peak is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The fourteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, south-southwest ( beari ...
** Nevada: ***
East Humboldt Range The East Humboldt Range is a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is located along the eastern edge of the upper watershed of the Humboldt River, which flows to the southwest from its source just north of the range. The ra ...
**** Humboldt Peak (Nevada) ***
Humboldt Range The Humboldt Range is a largely north-south running range of mountains in northwest Nevada, USA, that extend from the town of Imlay in the north to the junction with the West Humboldt Range in the south. It is bordered continuously by Interst ...
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West Humboldt Range The West Humboldt Range is a short mountain range in the western Great Basin in northwestern Nevada in the United States. Geography The mountain range runs for approximately southwest to northeast in northern Churchill County and southern Per ...
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Humboldt Mountains (Antarctica) The Humboldt Mountains are a group of mountains immediately west of the Petermann Ranges, forming the westernmost portion of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. History The mountains were discovered and mapped by the Third Ger ...
, Queen Maud Land *
Humboldt Mountains (New Zealand) The Humboldt Mountains or Humboldt Range are one of the many ranges which make up the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana in the South Island of New Zealand. They lie to the northwest of Lake Wakatipu in the Otago Region. Parts of the range l ...
, Otago *
Pico Humboldt Pico Humboldt is Venezuela's second highest peak, at 4,925 metres above sea level. It is located in the Sierra Nevada de Merida, in the Venezuelan Andes of (Mérida State). The peak, its sister peak Pico Bonpland, and the surrounding páramos ar ...
in Venezuela


Parks, forests, nature preserves

* United States: ** California: ***
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park Fort Humboldt State Historic Park is a California state park, located in Eureka, California, United States. Displays interpret the former U.S. Army fort, which was staffed from 1853–1870, the interactions between European Americans and Native ...
, in Eureka ***
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge is located on Humboldt Bay, on the California North Coast near the cities of Eureka and Arcata. The refuge exists primarily to protect and enhance wetland habitats for migratory water birds using the bay area ...
*** Humboldt Redwoods State Park ** Nevada: ***
Humboldt Wildlife Management Area The Humboldt Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a wildlife management area in the U.S. state of Nevada, encompassing the salt marshes at the terminus of the Humboldt River. Habitats and wildlife The Humboldt WMA contains habitats ranging from ...
*** Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest ** Buffalo, New York: *** Humboldt Park, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Park *** Humboldt Parkway, repurposed **
Humboldt Park (Chicago park) Humboldt Park is a park located at 1400 North Sacramento Avenue on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The park was named for Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist and botanist. History William Le Baron Jenney began developing the par ...
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Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt Alejandro de Humboldt National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt) is a national park in the Cuban provinces of Holguín and Guantánamo. It is named after the German scientist Alexander von Humboldt who visited the island in 1800 a ...
in Cuba * Monumento Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt, at
Cueva del Guácharo National Park The Guácharo Cave National Park () is located from the town of Caripe, Monagas, Venezuela. It has as its centerpiece a large limestone cave. The cave was visited in 1799 by Alexander von Humboldt, who realised that the thousands of oilbirds ( ...
in Venezuela *
Sima Humboldt Sima Humboldt (Sima Mayor) is an enormous sinkhole located on the summit of the plateau of Sarisariñama tepui in Bolívar State, Venezuela. It is unusual for several reasons, including its enormous size and depth, its location on the top of th ...
, sinkhole in Venezuela


Water and ice features

* Oceanic: **
Humboldt Glacier Humboldt Glacier ( da, Humboldt Gletscher) is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland. The glacier is named after German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and is the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Geography The Humb ...
in Greenland ** Pacific Basin: *** Bays: ****
Humboldt Bay Humboldt Bay is a natural bay and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon located on the rugged North Coast of California, entirely within Humboldt County, United States. It is the largest protected body of water on the West Coast between Sa ...
, California **** Humboldt Bay, AKA
Yos Sudarso Bay Yos Sudarso Bay ( id, Teluk Yos Sudarso), known as Humboldt Bay from 1827 to 1968, is a small bay on the north coast of New Guinea, about 50 kilometers west of the border between Indonesia's province of Papua and the country of Papua New Guinea. ...
, New Guinea ***
Humboldt Current The Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low- salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America.Montecino, Vivian, and Carina B. Lange. "The Humboldt Current System: Ecosystem components and pr ...
or Peru Current of the Pacific * On land: ** Humboldt Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand ** Humboldt River basin, Nevada, United States: ***
Humboldt River The Humboldt River is an extensive river drainage system located in north-central Nevada. It extends in a general east-to-west direction from its headwaters in the Jarbidge, Independence, and Ruby Mountains in Elko County, to its terminus in the ...
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Little Humboldt River The Little Humboldt River is a tributary of the Humboldt River, approximately long, in northern Nevada in the western United States. It is an intermittent stream draining a rugged area on the edge of the Owyhee Desert in the Great Basin. It ri ...
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Humboldt Salt Marsh The Humboldt Salt Marsh in the Humboldt Sink of northwestern Nevada is a wetland that is 1 of 2 salt marshes within the state (cf. Tonopah Wetland in the Tonopah Basin The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nev ...
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Humboldt Sink The Humboldt Sink is an intermittent dry lake bed, approximately 11 mi (18 km) long, and 4 mi (6 km) across, in northwestern Nevada in the United States. The body of water in the sink is known as Humboldt Lake. The sink and it ...
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Lake Humboldt Lake Humboldt or Humboldt Lake is an endorheic basin lake in northern Churchill County and southern Pershing County in the state of Nevada in the United States. The lake has the name of Alexander von Humboldt, a German natural scientist. The la ...


Organizations and institutions

* Latin America: ** German schools: *** In Mexico: **** Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt,
Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
**** Colegio Humboldt,
Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
, Mexico *** Colégio Humboldt,
São Paulo, Brazil SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S ...
*** Colegio Humboldt,
Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
, Venezuela ** Humboldt Shipmanagement,
Valparaíso Valparaíso (; ) is a major city, seaport, naval base, and educational centre in the commune of Valparaíso, Chile. "Greater Valparaíso" is the second largest metropolitan area in the country. Valparaíso is located about northwest of Santiago ...
, Chile ** Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt, Venezuela ** Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt,
Lima, Peru Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
* Germany: **
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (german: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung) is a foundation established by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and funded by the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Education and Resear ...
, a German foundation for the promotion of international research cooperation **
Humboldtschule, Bad Homburg The (abbreviation: ''HUS''; en, Humboldt School) is one of two ''Gymnasium (Germany), Gymnasiums'', besides the (KFG), in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse, Germany. The eponyms are Alexander von Humboldt, Alexander (1769–1859) and Wilhelm vo ...
, 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 (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...
(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) **
Maschinenbau Anstalt Humboldt The Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt was a German mechanical engineering firm in Cologne-Kalk and a precursor to the firm of Deutz AG. It was founded in 1871 as ''Maschinenbau A.G. Humboldt'', liquidated due to debts in 1884 and reformed as ''Maschi ...
, mechanical engineering firm in Cologne-Kalk 1871–1930 * Canada **
Humboldt Broncos The Humboldt Broncos are a Canadian junior "A" ice hockey team from Humboldt, Saskatchewan. Established in 1970, the Broncos play in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. History The Broncos were established in 1970 by a group of local organ ...
, an ice hockey team from Humboldt, Saskatchewan * US: **
Humboldt State University California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt also known as Cal Poly Humboldt, Humboldt or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California or California State Polytechnic Universi ...
, California **
Humboldt High School (disambiguation) Humboldt High School may refer to: *Humboldt High School (Iowa) — Humboldt, Iowa *Humboldt High School (Kansas) — Humboldt, Kansas *Humboldt High School (Tennessee) — Humboldt, Tennessee *Humboldt Senior High School — Saint ...
, several high schools in the United States * Alexander von Humboldt German International School Montreal, Canada


Biological groups


Animals

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Vesper bat Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...
(Humboldt's big-eared brown bat) (''Histiotus humboldti'') *
Woolly monkey The woolly monkeys are the genus ''Lagothrix'' of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae. Both species in this genus originate from the rainforests of South America. They have prehensile tails and live in relatively large soci ...
(Humboldt's woolly monkey) (''Lagothrix lagotricha'') *
Squirrel monkey Squirrel monkeys are New World monkeys of the genus ''Saimiri''. ''Saimiri'' is the only genus in the subfamily Saimirinae. The name of the genus is of Tupi origin (''sai-mirím'' or ''çai-mbirín'', with ''sai'' meaning 'monkey' and ''mirím'' ...
(Humboldt's squirrel monkey) (''Saimiri sciureus cassiquiarensis'') *
Humboldt penguin The Humboldt penguin (''Spheniscus humboldti'') is a medium-sized penguin. It resides in South America, its range mainly contains most of coastal Peru. Its nearest relatives are the African penguin, the Magellanic penguin and the Galápagos peng ...
(''Spheniscus humboldti'') *
Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk (''Conepatus humboldtii''), also known as the Patagonian hog-nosed skunk, is a type of hog-nosed skunk indigenous to the open grassy areas in the Patagonian regions of South Argentina and Chile. It belongs to the order ...
(''Conepatus humboldtii'') *
Golden-backed uakari The golden-backed uakari (''Cacajao melanocephalus'') or black-headed uakari, is a New World primate from the family Pitheciidae. It lives in the Amazon Rainforest, and is found in the countries of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. It has black ...
(''Cacajao melanocephalus'') *
Humboldt squid The Humboldt squid (''Dosidicus gigas''), also known as jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid (EN), and Pota in Peru or Jibia in Chile (ES) is a large, predatory squid living in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the only known species of the genus ''D ...
(''Dosidicus gigas'') *
Amazon river dolphin The Amazon river dolphin (''Inia geoffrensis''), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale classified in the family Iniidae. Three subspecies are currently recognized: ''I. g. geoffrensis'' (Amazon river ...
subspecies (''Inia geoffrensis humboldtiana'')


Plants

* ''Anthurium humboldtianum'', a species of arum * ''
Utricularia humboldtii ''Utricularia humboldtii'' is a large perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus ''Utricularia''. Peter Taylor lists it as either an "aquatic-epiphyte", a subaquatic or a terrestrial species. ''U. humboldtii'' is endemic to South ...
'', a large perennial carnivorous plant * '' Mammillaria humboldtii'', a cactus species * ''
Lilium humboldtii ''Lilium humboldtii'', or Humboldt's lily, is a species of lily native to the US state of California and the Mexican state of Baja California. It is named after naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. It is native to the South High Casca ...
'', Humboldt's lily * ''Russula humboldtii'', a mushroom species * ''
Quercus humboldtii ''Quercus humboldtii'', commonly known as the Andean oak, Colombian oak or roble, is a species of oak found only in Colombia and Panamá. It is named for Alexander von Humboldt. Description ''Quercus humboldtii'' is an evergreen tree which gro ...
'', 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 Alexandra ( minor planet designation: 54 Alexandra) is a carbonaceous asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 155 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German-French astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt on 10 September 1858, ...
, asteroid *
Humboldt (crater) Humboldt is a large lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon. Due to foreshortening this formation has an extremely oblong appearance. The actual shape of the crater is an irregular circle, with a significant indenta ...
on the Moon *
Mare Humboldtianum Mare Humboldtianum (Latin ''humboldtiānum'', the "Sea of Alexander von Humboldt") is a lunar mare located just to the east of Mare Frigoris, in the center of Humboldtianum basin. It is located along the northeastern limb of the Moon, and cont ...
, lunar mare (sea)


Venezuela

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El Ávila National Park The Ávila National Park, officially known as Waraira Repano National Park for its name indigenous Cariban name, protects part of the Cordillera de la Costa Central mountain range, in the coastal region of central-northern Venezuela. The area's ...
(Hotel Humboldt), a hotel in Caracas *
Sima Humboldt Sima Humboldt (Sima Mayor) is an enormous sinkhole located on the summit of the plateau of Sarisariñama tepui in Bolívar State, Venezuela. It is unusual for several reasons, including its enormous size and depth, its location on the top of th ...
, a sinkhole in Venezuela *
Pico Humboldt Pico Humboldt is Venezuela's second highest peak, at 4,925 metres above sea level. It is located in the Sierra Nevada de Merida, in the Venezuelan Andes of (Mérida State). The peak, its sister peak Pico Bonpland, and the surrounding páramos ar ...
in Venezuela * Monumento Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt, at
Cueva del Guácharo National Park The Guácharo Cave National Park () is located from the town of Caripe, Monagas, Venezuela. It has as its centerpiece a large limestone cave. The cave was visited in 1799 by Alexander von Humboldt, who realised that the thousands of oilbirds ( ...
in Venezuela


Other uses

* Humboldt Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada *
Humboldt Broncos bus crash On April 6, 2018, sixteen people were killed and thirteen were injured when a northbound coach bus struck a westbound semi-trailer truck near Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada. The driver of the semi-truck had failed to yield at a flashing stop ...
, which occurred near Humboldt, Saskatchewan *
Humboldt Prize The Humboldt Prize, the Humboldt-Forschungspreis in German, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of G ...
, for research


See also

* Humboldt Municipal Airport (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, surname