The Finsteraarhorn is the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps range of the Swiss Alps and the highest mountain in the Bernese Oberland. It is the third most prominent peak in the Alps. The view from the summit takes in the surrounding peaks in Switzerland, as well as mountains in France, Germany, Austria and Italy.
Mountaineering, hiking and climbing database that contains peaks, mountain huts, villages and other points of interest; Each point is illustrated with photos and climbing reports.
About 4000+ reports, mainly in the Alps, but also in other parts of the world.
Created by members of www.hikr.org , updated daily. Enjoy.
Taken from the freely available LINZ data, the attached file is a visual listing of all huts listed on maps. Its very useful for planning a weekend trip in the mountains!
Updated from LINZ Jan 2008. More accurate than v1 (4 decimal places lat & long). Almost 3000 huts, tracks, bridges, passes, fords, tunnels & caves. Converted from NZGD49 to NZGD2000 to be correct in Google Earth.
Mont Blanc (Fr., "White Mountain") or Monte Bianco (It., same meaning, also known as La Dame Blanche (the White Lady)), in the Alps, is the highest mountain in western Europe. Its height is about 4,810 metres (15,780 feet), but varies from year to year by a few metres, depending on snowfall and climate conditions.
Carn Euny is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom with considerable evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement.[1] Excavations on this site have shown that there was activity at Carn Euny as early as the Neolithic period. There is evidence that shows that the first timber huts in this site were built around 200 BC, but by the fir...