Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis rises above Lochaber at the western end of Scotland's Grampian Mountains. Its stony summit, 1,345 metres above sea level, is the highest in the British Isles; on the north side cliffs drop into deep corries. The first recorded ascent was made in 1771 by the Edinburgh botanist James Robertson, who was collecting plants in the Highlands. John Williams climbed it in 1774 and described its geology.