The Bernese Alps are a mountain range of the Alps,located in western Switzerland. Although the name suggests that they are located in the Berner Oberland region of the canton of Bern,portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Valais,Fribourg and Vaud,the latter being usually named Fribourg Alps and Vaud Alps respectively. The highest mountain in the range,the Finsteraarhorn,is also the highest point in the canton of Bern.
The Finsteraarhorn is a mountain lying on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It is the highest mountain of the Bernese Alps and the most prominent peak of Switzerland. The Finsteraarhorn is the ninth-highest mountain and third-most prominent peak in the Alps. In 2001 the whole massif and surrounding glaciers were designated as part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch World Heritage Site.
The Franz Josef Glacier / KāRoimata o Hine Hukatere is a 12 km (7.5 mi) long temperate maritime glacier in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Together with the Fox Glacier 20 km (12 mi) to the south,and a third glacier,it descends from the Southern Alps to less than 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level.
Josef "Seppe" Hügi was a Swiss international footballer who played as a striker during the late 1940s,1950s and early 1960s.
Zemlya Georga,or Prince George Land,is the largest island in Franz Josef Land,Arkhangelsk Oblast,Russian Arctic.
Prince Rudolf Land,Crown Prince Rudolf Land,Prince Rudolf Island or Rudolf Island is the northernmost island of the Franz Josef Archipelago,Russia and is home to the northernmost point in Russia.
Wilczek Land,is an island in the Arctic Ocean at 80.58°N 60.5°E. It is the second-largest island in Franz Josef Land,in Arctic Russia.
The Schreckhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps. It is the highest peak located entirely in the canton of Berne. The Schreckhorn is the northernmost Alpine four-thousander and the northernmost summit rising above 4,000 metres in Europe.
Alexandra Land is a large island located in Franz Josef Land,Arkhangelsk Oblast,Russian Federation. Not counting detached and far-lying Victoria Island,it is the westernmost island of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It is the site of a Russian military base that was reopened in 2017.
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord is a major fjord system in the NE Greenland National Park area,East Greenland.
Caulfeild Glacier is the northern of two glaciers flowing into Hugi Glacier west of Dodunekov Bluff,on the west coast of Graham Land.
Hugi Glacier is a glacier flowing northward into the head of Holtedahl Bay southwest of Rasnik Peak,on the west coast of Graham Land,Antarctica. It was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill,1934–37,and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Franz Joseph Hugi,a Swiss teacher who was called the "father of winter mountaineering," and was author of two pioneer works on glacier phenomena.
Holtedahl Bay is a bay,10 nautical miles (19 km) long in a northwest–southeast direction and averaging 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide,between Velingrad Peninsula and Stresher Peninsula along the west coast of Graham Land,Antarctica. The bay is entered southwest of Prospect Point and northeast of Black Head,and has its head fed by Hugi Glacier.
Rickmers Glacier is a glacier flowing into Hugi Glacier just northwest of Ezerets Knoll,on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955–57,and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for W. Rickmer Rickmers,German pioneer exponent of skiing and joint author of the first English manual on skiing. He also improved the design of ice axes,introducing the characteristic shape still in use.
Isfjord,meaning 'Ice Fjord' in the Danish language,is a fjord in King Christian X Land,eastern Greenland. The Isfjord is part of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord complex in the area of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The Hugihorn is a peak of the Bernese Alps,overlooking the Unteraar Glacier in the canton of Bern. It lies south of the Klein Lauteraarhorn,on the range separating the Strahlegg Glacier from the Lauteraar Glacier,both tributaries of the Unteraar Glacier.
Hugi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Waltershausen Glacier is one of the major glaciers in Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.
The Agassiz Glacier is located near the west coast of New Zealand's South Island. The Agassiz Glacier is a tributary of the larger Franz Josef Glacier,and is itself fed by the Chamberlin Snowfield and the Davis Snowfield. It is named after Louis Agassiz,a Swiss-American glaciologist,and was discovered and named by the German geologist,Sir Johann "Julius" von Haast.
