Ben Nevis
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Ben NevisOpened on the Munros and other mountains.
Description
This, the highest mountain in Britain at 4411 ft, is east south east from Fort William. The summit is around five miles by path from Fort William. Its immense bulk forms the background to many photographs of the town, railway and surrounding district.
The top famously had an observatory (1883-1904) and adjoining small temperance hotel (1885-1916), both ruined today. The observatory was staffed by two meteorologists taking hourly measurements which were telegraphed to a low level observatory in the town. William Speirs Bruce worked at the observatory between 1895 and 1896 and became an experienced polar explorer, leading the scientific Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-1904.
Scotland's People - Ben Nevis Observatory
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Beinn Nibheis| Nearby stations Fort William Fort William [1st] Banavie Banavie Pier Corpach Spean Bridge Gairlochy Loch Eil Outward Bound Roy Bridge Ballachulish (Glencoe) Ballachulish Ferry Invergloy Platform Locheilside Corrour Kentallen | Intake 11 Portals Tourist/other Carn Dearg North West Peak Carn Mor Dearg Carn Dearg South West Peak Carn Dearg Meadhonach Carn Beag Dearg Aonach Beag [Badenoch] Aonach Mor Stob Coire Bhealaich Sgurr a^Bhuic Stob an Cul Choire Meall Beag Sgurr a^Mhaim Mountain Restaurant |
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