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Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis) is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles.^[1]

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A82 road

The A82 is a major road in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Inverness via Fort William.

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Achintee, Fort William

Achintee is a location in Glen Nevis in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Ale

Ale is a type of beer, brewed using a warm fermentation method.

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Andesite

Andesite is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition.

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Anglicisation

Anglicisation is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into, influenced by or dominated by the culture of England.

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Aonach Beag is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Ben Nevis and Aonach Beag are Marilyns of Scotland, mountains and hills of Highland (council area), mountains and hills of the Central Highlands, Munros and one-thousanders of Scotland.

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Aonach Mòr

Aonach Mòr is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is located about northeast of Ben Nevis on the south side of Glen Spean, near Fort William. The mountain has a summit elevation of and is classified as a Munro. The name Aonach Mòr (big ridge) might suggest that the mountain is taller than its close neighbour to the south, Aonach Beag (small ridge) to which it is linked by a high bealach. Ben Nevis and Aonach Mòr are mountains and hills of the Central Highlands, Munros and one-thousanders of Scotland.

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Arête

An arête is a narrow ridge of rock that separates two valleys.

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Avalanche

An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Ben Nevis and avalanche are mountaineering disasters.

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Banavie

Banavie (Banbhaidh) is a small settlement near Fort William in the Highland Council Area of Scotland.

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Barra Head

Barra Head, also known as Berneray (Beàrnaraigh; Barra Heid), is the southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Ben Nevis and Barra Head are Marilyns of Scotland.

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Basalt

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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In navigation, bearing or azimuth is the horizontal angle between the direction of an object and north or another object.

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Ben Lomond

Ben Lomond (Beinn Laomainn),, is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Ben Nevis and Ben Lomond are highest points of historic Scottish counties, Marilyns of Scotland and Munros.

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Ben Macdui

Ben Macdui (Beinn MacDuibh, meaning "MacDuff's mountain") is the second-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis, and the highest of the Cairngorm Mountains. Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui are highest points of historic Scottish counties, Marilyns of Scotland, Munros and one-thousanders of Scotland.

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Ben Nevis (Svalbard)

Ben Nevis is a mountain in Albert I Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

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Ben Nevis distillery

Ben Nevis distillery is a whisky distillery in Fort William, Scotland.

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Ben Nevis Race

The Ben Nevis Race is a mountain race that takes place annually, from the foot of Ben Nevis (highest mountain in the British Isles) to the top, then back again.

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Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Brian Pinder Kellett

Brian Pinder Kellett (15 May 1914 – September 1944) was a British rock climber. Ben Nevis and Brian Pinder Kellett are mountaineering deaths.

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Bridge of Allan

Bridge of Allan (Brig Allan, Drochaid Ailein), also known colloquially as Bofa, is a former spa town in the Stirling council area in Scotland, just north of the city of Stirling.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.

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British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.

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Brocken spectre

A Brocken spectre (British English; American spelling: Brocken specter; Brockengespenst), also called Brocken bow, mountain spectre, or spectre of the Brocken is the magnified (and apparently enormous) shadow of an observer cast in mid air upon any type of cloud opposite a strong light source.

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Cairn

A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound.

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Caithness

Caithness (Gallaibh; Katanes.) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.

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Càrn Mòr Dearg

great red peak is the ninth-highest mountain in Scotland and the British Isles, with a height of. Ben Nevis and Càrn Mòr Dearg are Lochaber, Marilyns of Scotland, mountains and hills of Highland (council area), mountains and hills of the Central Highlands, Munros and one-thousanders of Scotland.

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Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from Proto-Celtic.

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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cloud chamber.

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Cirque

A (from the Latin word) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.

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Claggan Park

Claggan Park is a football ground in Fort William in the West Highlands of Scotland, which is the home ground of North Caledonian League side Fort William.

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Clement Lindley Wragge

Clement Lindley Wragge (18 September 185210 December 1922) was a meteorologist born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, but moved to Oakamoor, Staffordshire as a child.

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Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or other parts of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders) to small boulders.

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Cloud chamber

A cloud chamber, also known as a Wilson cloud chamber, is a particle detector used for visualizing the passage of ionizing radiation.

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Comics

a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information.

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Compass

A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation.

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County Antrim

County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster.

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Dave MacLeod

Dave MacLeod (born 17 July 1978) is a Scottish rock climber, ice climber, mixed climber, and climbing author.

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Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at Ma.

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Dundee

Dundee (Dundee; Dùn Dè or Dùn Dèagh) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Fell running

Fell running, also sometimes known as hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off-road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty.

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Fog

Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface.

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Ford Model T

The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by the Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.

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Fort William, Scotland

Fort William is a town in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe.

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Glacial period

A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances.

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Glen Nevis

Glen Nevis (Gleann Nibheis) is a glen in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, with Fort William at its foot. Ben Nevis and glen Nevis are Lochaber.

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Glory (optical phenomenon)

A glory is an optical phenomenon, resembling an iconic saint's halo around the shadow of the observer's head, caused by sunlight or (more rarely) moonlight interacting with the tiny water droplets that comprise mist or clouds.

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Grade (climbing)

Many climbing routes have a grade that reflects the technical difficulty—and in some cases the risks and commitment level—of the route.

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Grampian Mountains

The Grampian Mountains (Am Monadh) is one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland, that together occupy about half of Scotland. Ben Nevis and Grampian Mountains are mountains and hills of Highland (council area).

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Harold Raeburn

Harold Andrew Raeburn (21 July 1865 – 21 December 1926) was a Scottish mountaineer.

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Head for heights

To have a head for heights means that one has no acrophobia (irrational fear of heights), and is also not particularly prone to fear of falling or suffering from vertigo (the spinning sensation that can be triggered, for example, by looking down from a high place).

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Highland (council area)

Highland (Gàidhealtachd,; Hieland) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Hostel

A hostel is a form of low-cost, short-term shared sociable lodging where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed in a dormitory sleeping 4–20 people, with shared use of a lounge and usually a kitchen.

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Hung Fa Chai

Hung Fa Chai is a hill in Robin's Nest Country Park, New Territories, Hong Kong.

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Ice climbing

Ice climbing is a climbing discipline that involves ascending routes consisting of frozen water.

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Igneous intrusion

In geology, an igneous intrusion (or intrusive body or simply intrusion) is a body of intrusive igneous rock that forms by crystallization of magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth.

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Igneous rock

Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.

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Inverness

Inverness (Innerness; from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000.

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Inverness-shire

Inverness-shire (Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) or the County of Inverness is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland (the latter of which though only goes by the name Inverness).

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Ionizing radiation

Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have sufficient energy to ionize atoms or molecules by detaching electrons from them.

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J. H. B. Bell

James Horst Brunnerman Bell (Dr J. H. B. Bell) (1896–1975) was arguably the leading Scots mountaineer in the period prior to World War II, going on to edit the SMC Journal for an unequalled 24 years from 1936 to 1959.

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Jane Inglis Clark

Jane Inglis Clark (1859/1860–1950) was a Scottish mountaineer and rock climber.

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John Keats

John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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John Muir Trust

The John Muir Trust (JMT) is a Scottish charity, established in 1983 to conserve wild land and wild places for the benefit of all.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kenny Stuart

Kenny Stuart (born 25 February 1957 in Penrith) is a former fell and road runner from Threlkeld in the Lake District.

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Keswick, Cumbria

Keswick is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England.

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Kidney

In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually without signs of external lobulation.

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Krakatoa

Krakatoa, also transcribed italic, is a caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung.

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Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club

The Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club was founded by Jane Inglis Clark, her daughter Mabel, and Lucy Smith at a boulder near Lix Toll, Perthshire in 1908.

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List of elevation extremes by country

The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory.

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List of Marilyns in the British Isles

This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and surrounding islands and sea stacks.

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List of Munro mountains

This is a list of Munro mountains and Munro Tops in Scotland by height. Ben Nevis and list of Munro mountains are Munros.

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List of P600 mountains in the British Isles

This is a list of P600 mountains in Britain and Ireland by height.

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List of Scottish council areas by highest point

This is a list of the 32 council areas of Scotland by their highest point.

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List of Scottish counties by highest point

This is a list of the 33 counties of Scotland by their highest point. Ben Nevis and list of Scottish counties by highest point are highest points of historic Scottish counties.

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Loch

Loch is a word meaning "lake" or "sea inlet" in Scottish and Irish Gaelic, subsequently borrowed into English.

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Lochaber

Lochaber (Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands.

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Lochnagar

Lochnagar or italics is a mountain in the Mounth, in the Grampians of Scotland. Ben Nevis and Lochnagar are Marilyns of Scotland, Munros, national scenic areas of Scotland and one-thousanders of Scotland.

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Massif

A massif is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central).

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Meall an t-Suidhe

The Meall an t-Suidhe is a mountain in Scotland, located close to the Ben Nevis. Ben Nevis and Meall an t-Suidhe are mountains and hills of Highland (council area).

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Melderskin

Melderskin is a mountain peak in Kvinnherad kommune in Hordaland.

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Meteorology

Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting.

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Minoan eruption

The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE.

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Morven, Caithness

Morven (Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhòr Bheinn) is a mountain in Caithness, in the Highland Region of Scotland. Ben Nevis and Morven, Caithness are highest points of historic Scottish counties and Marilyns of Scotland.

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Mountain hut

A mountain hut is a building located high in the mountains, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers.

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Mountain rescue

Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains.

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Mountaineering Scotland

Mountaineering Scotland is the national representative body and membership organisation for mountaineers, hillwalkers, climbers and ski tourers who live in Scotland or enjoy Scotland's mountains.

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Mountains and hills of Scotland

Scotland is the mountainous country in the United Kingdom. Ben Nevis and mountains and hills of Scotland are Marilyns of Scotland and Munros.

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Munro

A Munro (Rothach) is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over, and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. Ben Nevis and Munro are Munros.

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National Three Peaks Challenge

The National Three Peaks Challenge is an event in which participants attempt to climb the highest mountains of England, Scotland and Wales within 24 hours.

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Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.

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New Territories

The New Territories (abbr. N.T.) is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula.

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Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park

Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park (Nordvest-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark) is located on the Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard and includes parts of north-west Spitsbergen (Albert I Land and Haakon VII Land) and nearby islands such as Danes Island and Moffen.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Observatory

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events.

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Oor Wullie

Oor Wullie (Our Willie) is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper The Sunday Post.

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Ordnance Survey

The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.

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Packet boat

Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers and canals, some of them steam driven.

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Pictish language

Pictish is an extinct Brittonic Celtic language spoken by the Picts, the people of eastern and northern Scotland from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages.

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Plateau

In geology and physical geography, a plateau (plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.

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Pony

A pony is a type of small horse (Equus ferus caballus).

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Rack railway

A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.

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Raudfjorden

Raudfjorden (English: Red fjord) is a 20 km long and 5 km wide fjord on the northwestern coast of Spitsbergen.

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Ridge

A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides.

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Ring dike

A ring dike or ring dyke is an intrusive igneous body that is circular, oval or arcuate in plan and has steep contacts. Ben Nevis and ring dike are ring dikes.

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River Nevis

The River Nevis flows from the mountains east of Ben Nevis to its mouth near the town of Fort William in Scotland. Ben Nevis and River Nevis are Lochaber.

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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations or indoor climbing walls.

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Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland's national academy of science and letters.

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Scafell Pike

Scafell Pike is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England.

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Scandinavian Mountains

The Scandinavian Mountains or the Scandes is a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Schist

Schist is a medium-grained metamorphic rock showing pronounced schistosity.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Scottish Highlands

The Highlands (the Hielands; a' Ghàidhealtachd) is a historical region of Scotland.

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Scottish Meteorological Society

The Scottish Meteorological Society was founded in 1855 by David Milne-Home with private funding, particularly from wealthy landowners who wished to compile meteorological records in order to improve agriculture.

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Scottish Mountaineering Club

Established in 1889, the Scottish Mountaineering Club is a club for climbing and mountaineering in Scotland.

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Scrambling

Scrambling is a mountaineering term for ascending steep terrain using one's hands to assist in holds and balance.

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Single malt Scotch

Single malt Scotch refers to single malt whisky made in Scotland.

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Snow patches in Scotland

Long-lying snow patches in Scotland have been noted from at least the 18th century, with snow patches on Ben Nevis being observed well into summer and autumn.

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Snowdon

Snowdon, or italic, is a mountain in the Snowdonia region of North Wales.

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Spitsbergen

Spitsbergen (formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: Vest Spitsbergen or Vestspitsbergen, also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway.

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St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London.

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Stirling

Stirling (Stirlin; Sruighlea) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh.

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Svalbard

Svalbard, previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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Tenement

A tenement is a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access.

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The Beano

The Beano (formerly The Beano Comic, also known as Beano) is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson.

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The Remarkables (Kawarau) are a mountain range and skifield in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Topography

Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces.

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Torridon Hills

The Torridon Hills surround Torridon village in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.

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Tower Ridge

Tower Ridge is one of several ridges protruding north east from the summit plateau of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the United Kingdom. Ben Nevis and Tower Ridge are climbing areas of Scotland, mountains and hills of Highland (council area) and mountains and hills of the Central Highlands.

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Trail

A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or a small paved road not intended for usage by motorized vehicles, usually passing through a natural area.

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Triangulation station

A triangulation station, also known as a trigonometrical point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.

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Tundra climate

The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Victoria Wilkinson

Victoria Wilkinson (born 19 August 1978) is an English runner and cyclo-cross rider who was a world mountain running champion at junior level and who has several times been a national fell running champion as a senior athlete.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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W. H. Murray

William Hutchison Murray, (18 March 1913 – 19 March 1996) was a Scottish mountaineer and writer, one of a group of active mountain climbers, mainly from Clydeside, before and just after World War II.

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Walking in the United Kingdom

Walking is one of the most popular outdoor recreational activities in the United Kingdom, and within England and Wales there is a comprehensive network of rights of way that permits access to the countryside.

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War memorial

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.

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Wee Ben Nevis

Wee Ben Nevis was a British gag-a-day comic, published in the comic book magazine The Beano, first appearing in issue 1678, dated 14 September 1974, and continuing until 7 May 1977.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.

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Wends of Texas

The Texas Wends or Wends of Texas are a group of people descended from a congregation of 558 Sorbian/Wendish people under the leadership and pastoral care of John Kilian (Jan Kilian, Johann Killian) who emigrated from Lusatia (part of modern-day Germany) to Texas in 1854.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nevis

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