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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Fiesch railway station is a metre gauge station serving the municipality of Fiesch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The station forms part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via Furka Base Tunnel, Andermatt in Uri, …
The Diveria (Walliser German: Churumm Bach; German: KrummBach) is an Alpine river which flows through Switzerland (Canton Valais) and Italy (Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola). It is a tributary of the Toce and therefore, via Lake Maggiore and the Ti…
The Camoscellahorn (also known as Pizzo Pioltone) is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border.
The Böshorn (also known as Rauthorn) is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Simplon in the canton of Valais.
The Breithorn is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps in Valais.
The Lauterbrunnen Breithorn, or simply the Breithorn, (German: Lauterbrunner Breithorn; 3,780 m) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It is part of the Lauterbrunnen Wall, between the…
Bettmersee is a lake above Bettmeralp in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
Berisal is a town in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
The Balfrin is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located north of the Dom in the canton of Valais.
The Wilerhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Wiler and in the canton of Valais. It lies west of the Bietschhorn, on the range separating the Lötschental from the main Rhone valley.
The Zwischbergen Pass (el.
The Wysshorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps.
The Wiwannihorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located north of Ausserberg in the canton of Valais.
The Wenghorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Simplon in the canton of Valais.
The Wasenhorn (in German, in Italian: Punta Terrarossa; 3,246 m) is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies halfway between Brig (Swiss canton of Valais) and Varzo (Italian region of Piedmont), …
The Unterbächhorn is the highest summit overlooking Belalp in the canton of Valais.
The Tällihorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located east of the Weissmies in the canton of Valais.
The Tschingelspitz is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located south of Mürren in the Bernese Oberland.