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Mount Kosciuszko
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highest mountain in the mainland of the Australian continent, located on New South Wales–Victoria border
Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain on mainland Australia, located where New South Wales and Victoria meet. It's a significant landmark that defines Australia's geographic landscape and serves as a notable destination for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Part of
- Seven Summits
- Named after
- Tadeusz Kościuszko
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- New South Wales
- Continent
- Australian continent
- Elevation
- 2228
- Material used
- metamorphic rock
- Image
- Kosciuszko Townsend.jpg
- Significant event
- climbing
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- time period
- Silurian
- Commons category
- Mount Kosciuszko
- topographic prominence
- 2228
- topographic isolation
- 1895
- located in/on physical feature
- Main Range
- native label
- Mount Kosciuszko
- located in protected area
- Kosciuszko National Park
- mountain range
- Snowy Mountains
- named by
- Paweł Strzelecki
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Kosciuszko (/ˌkɒziˈʌskoʊ/ KOZ-ee-USK-oh; Polish pronunciation: [kɔɕˈt͡ɕuʂ.kɔ] kosh-CHOOSH-koh; Ngarigo: Kunama Namadgi) is the highest mountain of mainland Australia, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level. It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, a part of the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves, in New South Wales, and is located west of Crackenback and close to Jindabyne, near the border with Victoria. Mount Kosciuszko is ranked 35th by topographic isolation.
Etymology and charting
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