Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles at 1,345 m (4,412 ft 9 in) high.[1] It is in Scotland, near Fort William. The mountain forms part of the Three Peaks Challenge and attracts an estimated 100,000 climbers per year,[2]
The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic, Beinn Nibheis, which may mean poisonous or terrible.[1]