A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and maneuverable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Brigs fell out of use with the arrival of the steam ship because they required a relatively large crew for their small size and were difficult to sail into the wind. They are not to be confused with a brigantine, which has different rigging.
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The Tschingelhorn (3,562 m) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. The summit of the Klein Tschingelhorn (3,495 m) on the west is the tripoint between the valleys of Kandertal, Lauterbr…
The Trugberg is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, located south of the Mönch in the canton of Valais. It is located above the Konkordiaplatz where the névé of the Jungfraufirn on the west side and the Ewigschneefeld on the east side converge to form t…
The Sparrhorn (3,021 m) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located north of Belalp in the canton of Valais.
Schwarzsee (literally "Black Lake") is a lake at Blatten in the Lötschental valley in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
The Rottalhorn (3,972 m) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais.
The Ried Glacier (German: Riedgletscher) is a 6 km long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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Monte Cistella is a mountain roughly in the middle of the Lepontine Alps.
The Mischabel Hut (German: Mischabelhütte) is a mountain hut of the Academic Alpine Club of Zurich, located west of Saas Fee in the canton of Valais.
The Majinghorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located east of Leukerbad in the canton of Valais.
The Lötschenlücke (el. 3164 m.) is a high mountain pass of the Bernese Alps, connecting the Lötschental to the valley of the Aletsch Glacier in the canton of Valais. Both sides of the pass are covered by glaciers: the Langgletscher on the west and t…
The Jegihorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Saas-Balen in the canton of Valais.
The Hübschhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking the Simplon Pass in the canton of Valais.
Hohsaas (3'101 m) is a cable car station and a ski area in the Pennine Alps above Saas Grund in Valais.
The Helsenhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Binn in the Swiss canton of Valais. With a height of 3,272 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit of the Binntal.
The Geisshorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Aletsch Glacier in the canton of Valais.
Gebidumsee (or "Gibidumsee") is a lake near Gebidum Pass in the municipality of Visperterminen, Valais, Switzerland.
The Fiescher Gabelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Konkordiaplatz in the canton of Valais.