- Ben Nevis from Corpach Sea Port in Scotland | Harry Feather. Ben Nevis, standing majestically at 1,345 meters, is the highest mountain in the British Isles.
- The name ‘Ben Nevis’ is derived from the Gaelic ‘Beinn Nibheis’, meaning ‘Venemous Mountain’. Ben Nevis is the final remnant of an ancient volcano; it’s peak...
- Although named after Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, the national scenic area covers a much wider area of land, as detailed below.[3] Much of the northern part of the...
- The attempts to be the 'first' to do something unusual at the summit of Ben Nevis continue - and nowadays it's usually a charity that benefits.
- Ben Nevis calls the Highland region of Lochaber home, at the western edge of the Grampian Mountains.
- Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom, at 1344.527 m / 4413 ft - it gained about a metre during a 2016 official survey.
- Ben Nevis is a Munro in the Scottish Highlands area of Lochaber near the town of Fort William, towering at 1,345m (4,412ft) above sea level.
- Thousands of people set off each year on the challenge to climb The Ben. “Ben Nevis” is a translation of the Scottish Gaelic name “Beinn Nibheis”.
- The magma that erupted from the Earth’s crust cooled and solidified to form igneous rocks like granite, which make up the core of Ben Nevis.
- The name ‘Ben Nevis’ comes from the Gaelic word ‘Beinn Nibheis’. ‘Beinn’ is a common galley word for ‘mountain’.