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Ben Nevis [Beinn Nibheis]

Name: Ben Nevis [Beinn Nibheis]
Address: United Kingdom

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Ben Nevis [Beinn Nibheis]
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County Top: Highland (UA) Inverness-shire (CoH) Highland (CoA) / Munro (M): A stand alone mountain in Scotland over 3000 feet tall is known as a Munro. The list of Munro's were first compiled by Sir Hugh Munro in 1891 but now maintained by the Scottish Mountaineering Club.

County Top: Highland Inverness-shire (CoH) Highland (CoA)
County: Highland
Classification: Ma,M,Sim,HHB,CoH,CoU,CoA,SIB
Meters/Feet: 1344.53/4411
Feature: no feature: natural ground 10m NW of trig point
Observations: man-made structure supporting emergency structure is higher
Survey: Leica NA730/Leica GS15
Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.1 (http://www.hills-database.co.uk)
Copyright: Creative Commons License
Notes: The inclusion of a summit on our site may not always mean the hill is accessible. Some summits may be on private land with no public right of way or open access. Landowner permission must be sought before accessing a hill on private land. Access rights in Scotland are separate from the rest of the UK.

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Ben Nevis [Beinn Nibheis]

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NN 16667 71286

56.796891, -5.003675

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56°47'48.8"N 5°00'13.2"W

UTM

30V 377628 6296567

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