Ben Nevis

[ ben nee-vis, nev-is ]

noun

1. a mountain in NW Scotland, in the Grampians: highest peak in Great Britain. 4,406 feet (1,345 meters).

Ben Nevis

/ bɛn ˈnɛvɪs /

noun

1. a mountain in W Scotland, in the Grampian mountains: highest peak in Great Britain. Height: 1344 m (4408 ft)

Example Sentences

About 15 miles north of this mountain is Ben Nevis, 3,900 feet high.

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Ben Nevis, ascent of Tower Ridge of, 288 et seq.;observatory on summit of, 296.

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This supposes that a vast barrier of ice still remains under Ben Nevis, along all the lower part of the Spean.

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If Ben Nevis had burst forth at once in the full thunder of volcanic eruption, we could not have been more astonished.

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Quite different, however, was the experience of the same party when on the top of Ben Nevis, 4406 ft. high.

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