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Britain's highest mountain - Ben Nevis, or simply 'the Ben', as it is widely known amongst the climbing community - is reported to have gained one metre in height following more accurate GPS measurements carried out by Ordnance Survey. Its height now stands at 1,345m, replacing the previous official record of 1,344m.

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In reply to UKC News:

This story reminded me how many moderate Himalayan scale peaks are way out verses what the maps say for height. Seen quite a a few that are recorded higher than actual. Climbed a couple that look 100m lower on Google Earth than what the maps claim.

In reply to UKC News:

Bloody OS, not only did they not pick my photo for their competition they've wrecked my tattoo now.

In reply to drmarten:

Sounds like the worst episode of tattoo fixers ever...not that I've watched it ¬¬