Editing Ben Nevis (section)

=== Summit ===
The summit of Ben Nevis comprises a large stony [[plateau]] of about {{convert|40|ha|-1}}.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9078533|title=Ben Nevis|access-date=25 November 2006|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}} (Subscription required for full access.)</ref> The summit is an example of a [[felsenmeer]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Storer|first=Ralph|title=50 Shades of Hillwalking|location=United Kingdom|publisher=Luath Press Limited|year=2015}}</ref> a surface covered by rocks that are not exposed by [[mass wasting]]. The highest point is marked with a large, solidly built [[cairn]] atop which sits an Ordnance Survey [[trig point]]. The summit is the highest ground in any direction for {{convert|738.6|km|mi}} before the [[Scandinavian Mountains]] in western Norway are reached.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=330|title=Europe Peaks with 200 km of Isolation|publisher=Peakbagger|access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref>

The Peace Memorial, on the summit, is a cairn which was erected on [[V J Day]], 15 August 1945, by the Young Men's Class of Vicar Street Methodist Church, [[Dudley]], led by [[Bert Bissell]], "to the glory of God and in memory of the fallen of all races". They carried the materials, including a 2cwt memorial stone, to the summit. The inscription declares it to be "Britain's highest war memorial". A second plaque was added in 1965, brought by helicopter: "A tribute to the fallen of all nations from the youth associated with the World Federation of United Nations Associations and the International Student Movement of the United Nations." It is variously known as the Ben Nevis War Memorial, Ben Nevis Peace Memorial, or  The Fort William-Dudley Memorial and Peace Cairn<ref>{{cite web |title=Ben Nevis Peace Memorial |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/13464 |website=Imperial War Museums |access-date=27 October 2024 |language=en}} ''Includes images and transcriptions of the plaques''</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ben Nevis War Memorial |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/317302/ben-nevis-war-memorial |website=canmore.org.uk |publisher=[[Canmore (database)|Canmore]] |access-date=27 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moranne-Brown |first1=Zyllah |title=Dudley Climbers celebrate Ben Nevis success |url=https://www.blackcountryradio.co.uk/news/local-headlines/dudley-climbers-celebrate-ben-nevis-success/ |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=Black Country Radio |language=en}}</ref> A 2006 proposal to move the cairn to the foot of the Ben, was opposed by people in both [[Fort William, Scotland|Fort William]] and Dudley.<ref>{{Cite news|title=War breaks out over peace cairn  |url=http://www.lochaber-news.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/469/War_breaks_out_over_peace_cairn.html|newspaper = The Oban Times: Lochaber News | date= 9 November 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216024812/http://www.lochaber-news.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/469/War_breaks_out_over_peace_cairn.html | archive-date=16 December 2007 | access-date=27 October 2024 }}</ref>

The view from the UK's highest point is extensive. Under ideal conditions, it can extend to over {{convert|190|km}}, including such mountains as the [[Torridon Hills]], [[Morven, Caithness|Morven]] in [[Caithness]], [[Lochnagar]], [[Ben Lomond]], [[Barra Head]] and to [[Knocklayd]] in [[County Antrim]], Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Viewfinder Panoramas|title=View from Ben Nevis looking North|url=http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/GRW/NEVIS-North.gif|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929132443/http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/GRW/NEVIS-North.gif|archive-date=2009-09-29|access-date=25 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Viewfinder Panoramas|title=View from Ben Nevis looking South|url=http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/GRW/NEVIS-South.gif|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929132443/http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/GRW/NEVIS-South.gif|archive-date=2009-09-29|access-date=25 November 2006}}</ref>

In 2016, the height of Ben Nevis was officially remeasured to be 1344.527m by [[Ordnance Survey]]. The height of Ben Nevis will therefore be shown on new Ordnance Survey maps as {{convert|1,344.527|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}} instead of the now obsolete value of {{convert|1,344|m|ft|0|adj=ri0}}.<ref name="OS revision"/>