Mount Kosciuszko

Mount Kościuszko is the highest mountain of mainland Australia, at 2,228 metres above sea level. It is located on the of the in , a part of the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves, in , and is located west of Crackenback and close to , near the border with Victoria.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,228 metres
  • Description: highest mountain in the mainland of the Australian continent, located on New South Wales–Victoria border
  • Also known as: “Gunung Kosciusko”, “Kosciusko”, “Kosciusko Dağı”, “Kosciuszko”, “Kunama Namadgi”, “Mont Kościuszko”, “Monte Kosciusko”, “Mount Koschisko”, “Mount Kosciusko”, “Mount Kościuszko”, “Mount Kosciuzko”, “Mt. Kosciusko”, “Mt. Kosciuszko”, “Park Narodowy Kościuszki”, “Tar Gan Gil”, “Targangil”, “Гора Косцюшко”, “Козиоско”, “Косиуско”, “Костюшко”, “Пик Костюшко”, “კოსტიუშკო”, “הר קוזיאוסקו”, “קוזיאוסקו”, “چکاد کوزیوسکو”, “قله کوزیوسکو”, “كَزْيَسْكُ”, “کوهٔ کازیسکو”, “코시치우슈코 산”, “코지오스코 산”, “코지우스코 산”, “コシアスコ”, “コジアスコ”, “コジアスコ山”, “コジウスコ”, “コシウスコ山”, “コジウスコ山”, and “科西阿斯科山”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lake Cootapatamba and Seaman’s Hut.

Lake
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is a post-glacial tarn in the…

Wilderness hut
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Seaman's Hut is an alpine hut and memorial located in New South Wales, Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlotte Pass and Thredbo.

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is a snow resort and village in the of , Australia.

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is a village and ski resort within…

Mount Kosciuszko

Latitude
-36.45583° or 36° 27′ 21″ south
Longitude
148.26351° or 148° 15′ 49″ east
Elevation
2,228 metres (7,310 feet)
Named after
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Open location code
4RMCG7V7+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30880145
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2161031
Wiki­data ID
Q178167
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mount Kosciuszko” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Albanian: “Mali Kosciuszko”
  • Arabic: “جبل كزيسك”
  • Arabic: “جبل كوسيياسكو”
  • Armenian: “Կոսցյուշկո”
  • Asturian: “Monte Kosciuszko”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kostyuşko”
  • Bashkir: “Косцюшко”
  • Basque: “Kosciuszko mendia”
  • Belarusian: “Гара Касцюшка”
  • Belarusian: “Касцюшка”
  • Belarusian: “Касьцюшка”
  • Bengali: “কস্চিয়স্কো পর্বত”
  • Bhojpuri: “माउंट कोज़ीओस्को”
  • Bosnian: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Breton: “Menez Kosciuszko”
  • Bulgarian: “Косцюшко”
  • Catalan: “mont Kosciuszko”
  • Catalan: “Mont Kosciuszko”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Kosciusko”
  • Central Kurdish: “چیای کازییسکۆ”
  • Chinese: “科修斯科山”
  • Croatian: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Czech: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Danish: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Dutch: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كوسيياسكو”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Kosciuszko”
  • Estonian: “Kosciuszko mägi”
  • Finnish: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • French: “mont Kosciuszko”
  • French: “Mont Kosciuszko”
  • Galician: “Monte Kosciuszko”
  • Georgian: “კოსციუშკო”
  • German: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Greek: “Κόσιουσκο”
  • Greek: “Όρος Κοσιούσκο”
  • Hebrew: “הר קושצ’ושקו”
  • Hindi: “कोज़िअस्को पर्वत”
  • Hungarian: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Icelandic: “Kosciuszkofjall”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Kosciuszko”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Kosciuszko”
  • Italian: “Monte Kosciuszko”
  • Japanese: “コジオスコ”
  • Kazakh: “Косцюшко (тау)”
  • Kazakh: “Косцюшко”
  • Kirghiz: “Косцюшко”
  • Korean: “코지어스코산”
  • Kurdish: “Çiyayê Kosciuszko”
  • Ladin: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Latin: “Mons Kosciuszko”
  • Latvian: “Koscjuško kalns”
  • Lithuanian: “Kosciuškos kalnas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Macedonian: “Кошќушко”
  • Malay: “Gunung Kosciuszko”
  • Malayalam: “കോസ്‌സിയുസ്സ്‌കൊ”
  • Mongolian: “Косцюшко уул”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Norwegian: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mont Kosciuszko”
  • Persian: “کوه کازیسکو”
  • Polish: “Góra Kościuszki”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Kosciuszko”
  • Romanian: “muntele Kosciuszko”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Kosciuszko”
  • Romansh: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Russian: “Косцюшко”
  • Scots: “Moont Kosciuszko”
  • Serbian: “Košćuško”
  • Serbian: “Кошћушко”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Slovak: “Kościuszkov vrch”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Spanish: “Monte Kosciuszko”
  • Sundanese: “Gunung Kosciuszko”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Kosciuszko”
  • Swedish: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Tamil: “கொஸ்கியஸ்கோ மலை”
  • Thai: “เขากอชชุชกอ”
  • Thai: “ภูเขาคอสซีอัสโก”
  • Turkish: “Kosciuszko Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Косцюшко”
  • Urdu: “کوہ کازیسکو”
  • Uzbek: “Kossyushko”
  • Venetian: “Monte Kosciuszko”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Kosciuszko”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Kosciuszko”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Kosciuszko”
  • Western Frisian: “Mount Kosciuszko”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ کازیسکو”
  • Wu Chinese: “科修斯科山”
  • Yue Chinese: “哥修斯哥山”
  • “माउंट कोज़ीओस्को”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Cootapatamba Cirque and Kosciuszko.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Rawson Pass and Etheridge Ridge.

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Worth a closer look: Sydney and Mungo National Park.

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