NOT QUITE TOUCHING THE VOID Observatory Ridge, Ben Nevis, 30th April 2011
Summit of Ben Nevis. The summit of Ben Nevis, the product of a long extinct volcano, comprises a large stony plateau of about 100 acres. The highest point is marked with a large, solidly built cairn approximately 10 feet high on which sits the Ordnance Survey trig point, the key feature for navigating off the summit in poor weather.
NOT QUITE TOUCHING THE VOID Observatory Ridge, Ben Nevis, 30th April 2011
The observatory at the top of Ben Nevis, the highest peak in the U.K. Credit: Royal Meteorological Society collection, held as part of the Met Office archive at National Records of Scotland.
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Ben Nevis Observatory Details Collections Images Observatory (19th Century) Site Name Ben Nevis Observatory Classification Observatory (19th Century) Alternative Name (s) Ben Nevis, Summit Observatory Canmore ID 105476 Site Number NN17SE 2 NGR NN 16670 71260 Datum OSGB36 - NGR Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105476
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Opened in 1883, the Ben Nevis Observatory was built and funded by the Scottish Meteorological Society with some private funding and Queen Victoria. Opened on the 17th October 1883, the Ben Nevis Observatory provided invaluable meteorological data for 20 years on a continuous hourly basis.
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Ben Nevis observatory is established "Ben Nevis Observatory was formally opened yesterday," announced the Glasgow Evening Citizen of 18 October 1883. "A procession started from the town of Fort-William for the top of the mountain about nine o'clock…
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Crowdfunding Wragge's Ben Nevis exploits received wide publicity and when a public appeal was launched by the SMS in 1883, there was a large response from throughout the UK and funds came in quickly enough that a start could be made building the access pony track and summit observatory that summer.
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Each year, 150,000 people hike Scotland's Ben Nevis - a former volcano and Britain's highest mountain, at 1,345m (4,400ft) above sea level. Many opt to take the so-called tourist trail, the.
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The 700-metre (2,300 ft) cliffs of the north face are among the highest in Scotland, providing classic scrambles and rock climbs of all difficulties for climbers and mountaineers. They are also the principal locations in Scotland for ice climbing .
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1/8 The Ben Nevis Observatory Introduction The meteorological observatory on the top of Ben Nevis was a landmark in Scottish Meteorology. It was a pioneering venture of the Scottish Meteorological Society, among the first permanently staffed mountain top observatories of the world.
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Weather observations taken every hour during the years 1883-1904 on the summit of Ben Nevis (1345 m above sea level) and in the town of Fort William in the Scottish Highlands have been transcribed from the original publications into digital form.
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Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles, rising 1,343m (4,409ft) above sea level and is topped by a stony plateau. The observatory at the summit of Ben Nevis was established by the.
NOT QUITE TOUCHING THE VOID Observatory Ridge, Ben Nevis, 30th April 2011
A unique feature of the summit is the Old Observatory, which was opened in 1883. It provided hourly meteorological data for almost 20 years, recording some of the UK's most useful information about mountain weather to date. It closed in 1904 and it now lies in ruin, but can be used for shelter in emergencies.
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The Ben Nevis Observatory Hotel operated from 1885-1916. Picture: The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection For over thirty years, the Observatory Hotel offered weary travellers a place to hang.
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For 21 years, from 1883, scientists lived and worked on the summit of Ben Nevis at a purpose built observatory recording weather conditions on a daily basis come rain, shine or snow. This photograph shows what winter was like at the summit, and the challenges the men faced to undertake their work. Read more about this on ScotlandsPeople.
NOT QUITE TOUCHING THE VOID Observatory Ridge, Ben Nevis, 30th April 2011
WELCOME TO SUMMITPOST Lochaber, Scotland, Europe Lochaber, Scotland, Europe Europe's Highpoints Climber's Log Entries (155) Additions & Corrections (1 ) 56.79712°N / 5.00552°W Hiking, Mountaineering, Trad Climbing, Ice Climbing, Mixed, Scrambling 4413 ft / 1345 m Written Upon the Top of Ben Nevis
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The observatory on Ben Nevis was opened in 1883, mainly paid for by public subscription. The best publicity in the national press at the time was a long article on the exploits of Wragge. The first superintendent of the observatory was R T Omond and his assistants were A Rankin and Robert C Mossman.