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===Geographical features named after Humboldt=== Features named after him include:<ref>{{harvnb|de Terra|1955|loc=Appendix D. "List of Geographic Features Named after Alexander von Humboldt", pp. 377β378.}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Humboldt Bay (United States)|Humboldt Bay]] β Bay in Northern California, United States * [[Humboldt Current]] β off the west coast of South America * [[Humboldt Glacier]] β in North West Greenland * [[Humboldt River]] and [[Humboldt Lake]] β Nevada, United States<ref>{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=11 | access-date=2018-04-12 | archive-date=2018-11-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113062611/http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Humboldt Peak (Colorado)]]{{snd}}4,287 m mountain in Custer County, Colorado, United States * [[Pico Humboldt]]{{snd}}4,940 m mountain in MΓ©rida, Venezuela * [[Humboldt Sink]] β Dry lake bed in Nevada, United States * [[East Humboldt Range|East]] and [[West Humboldt Range]] in Nevada, United States * [[Sima Humboldt]] β sinkhole in Venezuela * "Monumento Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt" at [[Caripe]], Venezuela * [[Mount Humboldt]]{{snd}}1,617 m (5,308 ft), New Caledonia * [[Humboldt Mountains (Antarctica)|Humboldt Mountains]], Antarctic mountains discovered and mapped by the [[Third German Antarctic Expedition]] (1938β1939) * [[Humboldt Mountains (New Zealand)|Humboldt Mountains]] β Mountain Range in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand * [[Humboldt Channel (Canada)|Humboldt Channel]] β natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago * [[Humboldt Falls]]{{snd}}275 m Waterfall in Lower Hollyford Valley, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand * [[Humboldt Redwoods State Park]] β in northern California, United States {{div col end|2}} <gallery> Humboldt current.jpg|[[Humboldt Current]] Pico Humboldt.jpg|[[Pico Humboldt]], Venezuela </gallery>
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