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Mount Kosciuszko, located in the Snowy Mountains, in Kosciuszko National Park, is the highest mountain in Australia (not including its external territories), at 2,228 metres (7 ...
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Kosciusko, Mount. Highest mountain in Australia (2,228 m/7,310 ft), in the Snowy Mountains of the Australian Alps in southeast New South Wales, close to the border with Victoria ...
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Mount Kosciusko, mountain in southeastern Australia, in the center of the Snowy Mountains range, 160 km (100 mi) southwest of the national capital, Canberra. At 2,228 m (7,310 ft) high, Mount Kosciusko is the highest point in Australia. Kosciusko National Park contains the mountain along with some of the surrounding region. The peak was first climbed in 1840 by Polish explorer Paul Strzelecki, who named it after the Polish national hero and military leader Tadeusz Kościuszko.