Mount Kosciuszko

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 / -36.45583; 148.26361
Geography
Mount Kosciuszko New South Wales, Australia
Parent range	Great Dividing Range / Main Range
Climbing
First ascent	1840 by Paweł Edmund Strzelecki
Easiest route	Walk (dirt road)

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 is now part of the large Kosciuszko National Park.

1. ↑ "Kosciuszko National Park". Australian Alps National Parks. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
2. ↑ ^{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.
3. ↑ Rygielski, Janusz (2011). "Who was Kosciuszko?". Mount Kosciuszko. Retrieved 16 June 2012.