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Great Britain

Range Type	Island
Highest Point	Ben Nevis (1344 m/4409 ft)
Countries	United Kingdom
States/Provinces	England (57%), Scotland (34%), Wales (9%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	229,657 sq km / 88,671 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,297 km / 806 mi North-South 662 km / 411 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	54° 19' N; 2° 31' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Great Britain
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Great Britain.

Northwest Europe	Level 2 (Parent)
Ireland	Level 3 (Sibling)
Great Britain	Level 3
Scotland Islands	Level 4 (Child)
Northwest Highlands	Level 4 (Child)
Grampian Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	Level 4 (Child)
Wales and Welsh Border	Level 4 (Child)
England Hills	Level 4 (Child)
North France-West Rhine Area	Level 3 (Sibling)
German Highlands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Massif Central	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Great Britain

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Ben Nevis	1344	4409	Grampian Mountains
2.	Ben Macdui	1309	4295	Grampian Mountains
3.	Braeriach	1296	4252	Grampian Mountains
4.	Cairn Toul	1291	4236	Grampian Mountains
5.	Braeriach-Carn na Criche	1265	4150	Grampian Mountains
6.	Sgor an Lochain Uaine	1258	4127	Grampian Mountains
7.	Cairn Gorm	1245	4085	Grampian Mountains
8.	Aonach Beag	1234	4049	Grampian Mountains
9.	Aonach Mor	1221	4006	Grampian Mountains
10.	Carn Mor Dearg	1220	4003	Grampian Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Ben Nevis	1344	4409	Grampian Mountains
2.	Carn Eige	1183	3881	Northwest Highlands
3.	Snowdon	1085	3560	Wales and Welsh Border
4.	Sgurr Alasdair	992	3255	Scotland Islands
5.	Scafell Pike	978	3209	England Hills
6.	Merrick	843	2766	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man

Photos of Peaks in the Great Britain

Ben Nevis The summit area of Ben Nevis on a typically cloudy day (1993-06-29).	Snowdon Snowdon is the high triangular peak in this view from the Pen-Y-Pass approach (1993-06-27).
The Saddle The Saddle from Sgurr na Forcan (2014-04-18). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	Askival Askival (centre right), the highest mountain in the Rum Cuillin, from the cross-island track to Glen Harris (2014-05-28). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.
Ainshval On the summit of Ainshval, a Corbett and second highest peak of the Rum Cuillin. The Scottish mainland, Askival (R) the highest mountain and Hallival (L) lie behind in the swirling clouds (2014-05-29). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	High Willhays The summit of High Willhays, highest point in Devon and on Dartmoor, looking north towards Yes Tor (2007-04-14). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.
Dunkery Beacon The large memorial summit cairn on Dunkery Beacon, highest point in Somerset and on Exmoor (2007-04-04). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	Penycloddiau The neolithic summit of Penycloddiau looking north along the Clwydian Range (2013-12-26). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.
Pilsdon Pen The approach to Pilsdon Pen, an Iron Age hill fort and second highest hill in Dorset (2013-03-27). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	Watch Croft Watch Croft summit with trig point in the far west of Cornwall (2007-04-06). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.

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