A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Great Britain, SW. Inverness-shire, immediately SE. of Loch Eil, at Fort-William, alt. 4406 ft. It has a circumference of over 24 miles at the base. Precipices of great height are on its N. side, and in some of the fissures the snow remains unmelted even in the warmest summer. An observatory of the Scottish Meteorological Society was erected on its summit in 1883.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "mountain" (ADL Feature Type: "mountains") |
| Administrative units: | Inverness Shire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Ben Nevis |
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