Ben Nevis’s Height: What NeemTime.com Finds
NeemTime.com assesses Ben Nevis’s height as 4,413 ft (1,345 m) above sea level, classified as Verified, because the Ordnance Survey measured the mountain’s highest natural summit point at 1,344.527 m using GPS equipment and officially rounded the mapped elevation to 1,345 m.
This is a documented geodetic measurement, not an estimate based on photographs or repeated listings.
| Claim | Source | Evidence label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,413 ft (1,345 m) above sea level | Ordnance Survey, reported by BBC News | Verified | The 2016 survey measured the highest natural point at 1,344.527 m; the official map figure is rounded to 1,345 m. |
| 4,411 ft 2 in (1,344.527 m) above sea level | Ordnance Survey, reported by the British Mountaineering Council | Verified | This is the precise surveyed elevation of the highest natural summit point, before official rounding for mapping. |
| 4,409 ft (1,343 m) at the summit cairn | Ordnance Survey, reported by the British Mountaineering Council | Verified | The man-made summit cairn is slightly lower than the highest natural point, so some maps and references use 1,343 m for it. |
| 4,409 ft (1,344 m) | Earlier Ordnance Survey mapping, reported by AP News | Superseded | This was the previous official rounded figure before the 2016 GPS survey updated it by about 3 ft (1 m). |
Strongest evidence
The strongest evidence is the Ordnance Survey’s 2016 GPS survey. Its geodetic consultant, Mark Greaves, stated: “The new height was measured as 1344.527m.”
The Ordnance Survey is the United Kingdom’s national mapping agency, and its measurement is a documented survey rather than a claim repeated across websites.
NeemTime.com converts the surveyed value to 4,411 ft 2 in, while using the official rounded mapping figure of 4,413 ft (1,345 m) as the primary height.
The small difference exists because the official map rounds 1,344.527 m to the nearest metre.
Why figures differ
The most important distinction is between the highest natural summit point and the summit cairn.
The natural high point measures 1,344.527 m, while the cairn is about 1 m lower, at approximately 1,343 m.
A visitor standing on the cairn is therefore not necessarily standing on the mountain’s absolute highest natural ground.
Older references often give 4,409 ft (1,344 m) because that was the long-standing mapped elevation before the 2016 survey.
The update did not mean the mountain physically grew by a metre; improved GPS measurement produced a more precise result, which the Ordnance Survey rounded upward for official mapping.
NeemTime.com does not average 1,343 m, 1,344 m, and 1,345 m.
It distinguishes the documented natural-summit measurement from the rounded official map figure and treats the earlier 1,344 m value as superseded rather than as a competing current height.
NeemTime.com assessment
NeemTime.com assesses Ben Nevis’s height as 4,413 ft (1,345 m) above sea level, classified as Verified, because the Ordnance Survey’s GPS survey measured the highest natural summit point at 1,344.527 m and the official mapped elevation is 1,345 m.
NeemTime.com presents the precise surveyed value alongside the rounded official figure so readers can see both the measurement and the convention behind the headline number.
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