Fort William and the 'Grey Elephant'
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Fort William and the 'Grey Elephant' by Bill Kasman as part of the Geograph project.
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Fort William and the 'Grey Elephant'
Image: © Bill Kasman Taken: 20 Sep 2020
Ben Nevis towers over Fort William. The Ben is sometimes known amongst older generations of hillwalkers and climbers as the 'Grey Elephant' but you have to view it from the right angle (south west) and it can take a little stretching of the imagination to see the figure of a recumbent elephant - the hindquarters are on the left, the lump in the middle is the head and the outstretched trunk is towards the right. This is better seen when Ben Nevis is wearing its winter coat https://www.eclectech.co.uk/b3ta/benneviselephant.jpg.html
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Image Location
Latitude
56.811271
Longitude
-5.122116