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Mount Kosciusko (2 228 m / 7 310 ft)

Parent Range: Great Dividing Range
Activity type: Mountaineering, Hiking, Backcountry Skiing
Summit(s): Kosciuszko (2 228 m /7 310 feet)
Elevation: 2 228 m / 7 310 ft
Cost of climbing: N/D
Image of Mount Kosciusko (2 228 m / 7 310 ft)
Credit: Sergey Kofanov

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Mountain Name(s):
Mount Kosciusko, Góra Kościuszki, Kosciuszko mendia, Kosciuszko mägi, Mont Kosciuszko, Monte Kosciuszko, Mount Kosciusko, Mount Kosciuszko, Mt. Kosciuszko, コジオスコ, Костюшко
Elevation:
2 228 m / 7 310 ft
Summit(s):
Kosciuszko (2 228 m /7 310 feet)
Activity type:
Mountaineering, Hiking, Backcountry Skiing
Location:
Oceania, Australia: (New South Wales)
Starting Point:
Parent Range:
Range:
First Ascent:
??/1/1840 Paweł Edmund Strzelecki (Poland)
Geology:
Tectonic
Snow line: Please update
Prominence:
2 228 m / 7 310 ft
Isolation:
1 894 m / 1 176 ft
Climbing Season(s):
01 Nov-30 Apr;
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Airport(s):
Convenience Center(s):
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Location

Oceania, Australia: (New South Wales)

Route

Location: Oceania, Australia: New South Wales

Claimed by: 5 people

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Route

Location: Oceania, Australia: New South Wales

Claimed by: 3 people

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    Mount Kosciuszko is a Australia’s mainland highest mountain listed in the Seven Summits List. Most part of the climbers combine the trip to farthest Australia with visiting the New Zealand and climbing Mount Cook.
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    Kosciuszko - the highest peak in Australia. Mountain with clearly marked top and gentle slopes. Located in the oldest mountain range in the world that nowadays have a small height.
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    Located in the south of New South Wales, near the border with Victoria state.
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    By car from Sydney or Melbourne - a two-hour drive from the capital of Australia in Canberra, a 6-hour drive from Sydney and 4 from Melbourne. Or local airlines to Cooma, then by car to Mount Kosciusko National Park.
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    The name of the mountain was previously spelt "Mount Kosciusko", an Anglicisation, but the spelling "Mount Kosciuszko" was officially adopted in 1997 by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. The traditional English pronunciation of Kosciuszko is /kɒziːˈɒskoʊ/, but the pronunciation /kɒˈʃʊʃkoʊ/ is   ... Read more
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Last update: Slava Shevtsov (27 Jun 2018) • History

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