What is the highest mountain peak in the United Kingdom, located in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Ben Nevis (1,345 m)
- Step 1: Ben Nevis stands at 1,345 meters (4,413 feet) near Fort William in the Scottish Highlands.
- Step 2: It is the collapsed caldera of an ancient volcano that was active around 350 million years ago in the Devonian period.
Answer
Ben Nevis (1,345 m)
Why not the others: 'Ben Macdui' is the second-highest mountain in Scotland and the UK, located in the Cairngorms; 'Scafell Pike' is the highest mountain in England; 'Snowdon' (Yr Wyddfa) is the highest mountain in Wales.
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