Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom and the British Isles.
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10 Facts About Ben Nevis
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Ben Nevis stands at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Highland region of Lochaber, close to the town of Fort William.
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Ben Nevis is all that remains of a Devonian volcano that met a cataclysmic end in the Carboniferous period around 350 million years ago.
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Rainfall on Ben Nevis is about twice as high in the winter as it is in the spring and summer.
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In 2000, the Ben Nevis Estate, comprising all of the south side of the mountain including the summit, was bought by the Scottish conservation charity the John Muir Trust.
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Ben Nevis subsequently tried to reproduce these phenomena in the laboratory, resulting in his invention of the cloud chamber, used to detect ionising radiation.
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North face of Ben Nevis is riven with buttresses, ridges, towers and pinnacles, and contains many classic scrambles and rock climbs.
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Ben Nevis is becoming popular with ski mountaineers and boarders.
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Ben Nevis Distillery is a single malt whisky distillery at the foot of the mountain, near Victoria Bridge to the north of Fort William.
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