Mount Kosciuszko
highest mountain in mainland Australia in New South Wales
Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in Australia. The mountain is 2,228 m (7,310 ft) above sea level.[2] The mountain is in the south east corner of New South Wales, where it is part of the Great Dividing Range. The Indigenous Australians called the whole mountain Tar-gan-gil.[2] The first European to visit the mountain was the Polish explorer, Count Paul Strzelecki in 1840.[2] He named it Kosciuszko after the Polish patriot, Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817).[3]
| Mount Kosciuszko | |
|---|---|
 View of Mount Kosciuszko from the east | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,228 m (7,310 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 2,228 m (7,310 ft) |
| Isolation | 1,895 km (1,177 mi)  |
| Listing | Seven Summits Ultra |
| Coordinates | 36°27′21″S 148°15′49″E / 36.45583°S 148.26361°E |
| Geography | |
  Mount Kosciuszko | |
| Parent range | Great Dividing Range / Main Range |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1840 by Paweł Edmund Strzelecki |
| Easiest route | Walk (dirt road) |
Mount Kosciuszko is now part of the large Kosciuszko National Park.
References
change- ↑ "Kosciuszko National Park". Australian Alps National Parks. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Southerden, Louise (6 February 2010). "Mount Kosciuszko". Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ↑ Rygielski, Janusz (2011). "Who was Kosciuszko?". Mount Kosciuszko. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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