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Humboldt Current

cold, low-salinity eastern boundary current that flows north along the western coast of South America from southern Chile to northern Peru
Place Ocean Current Q143888
Humboldt Current
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Facts

6 properties

Identity

Instance of
ocean current

Location

Country
Peru, Chile[2][3]
Located in or next to body of water
Pacific Ocean[4]
More facts +3
Part of
ocean gyre, South Pacific Gyre[6][7]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Fluid dynamics[8]
Named after
Alexander von Humboldt[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Humboldt Current en Peru Current ar تيار همبولت cs Peruánský oceánský proud cs Humboldtův proud cs Peruánský proud da Humboldtstrømmen da Perustrømmen de Peru-Strom de Humboldtstrom de Humboldt-Strom de Perustrom el Ρεύμα Χούμπολτ es Corriente del Peru es Corriente oceánica de Humboldt es Corriente del Perú es Corriente Peruana es Corriente de Humboldt es Corriente oceanica de Humboldt es Corriente de Perú
🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
562145857123022922907
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh87002214
GND ID
4136699-2
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.462141
Edition humboldt digital ID
H0018817
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
208103
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
2ufQJV
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
156696
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Peru-Current
FAST ID
1241518
Freebase ID
/m/03cc_c
GNS Unique Feature ID
-895945
Show all 22 identifiers +10
GeoNames ID
3876459
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
corrent-de-humboldt
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0033214
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Perustrømmen, Humboldtstrømmen
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2776275
J9U entity ID
987007529693105171
Lex ID
Humboldtstrømmen
Mapy.com ID
area&id=512617
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3956135
Yale LUX ID
place/f3351c35-f099-45aa-bd10-cdc298f01f63

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🔗 Connections
Country 2
Chile, Peru
Part of 2
ocean gyre, South Pacific Gyre
Belongs to 1
South Pacific Gyre
Instance of 1
ocean current
Located in or next to body of water 1
Pacific Ocean
Named after 1
Alexander von Humboldt
← Endemic to 1
Markham's Storm Petrel
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Summary

Humboldt Current is an ocean current[1].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Peru[2], a sovereign state[9], in Peru[10], founded in 1821[11] and Chile[3], a sovereign state[12], in Chile[13], founded in 1810[14]. Part of include ocean gyre[6] and South Pacific Gyre[7], an ocean gyre[15].

Related Entities

Alexander von Humboldt Chile Peru

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Ovruni · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FAST ID → 1241518
    National Library of Chile ID → —
    "Removed claim: National Library of Chile ID: 10000000000000000201729"
  2. 7w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Chile ID → —
    "Created claim: National Library of Chile ID: 10000000000000000201729"
  3. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Alexander von Humboldt
    Part of → ocean gyre, South Pacific Gyre
    Located in or next to body of water → Pacific Ocean
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Fluid dynamics
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
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