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Mount Kosciuszko

Mount Kosciuszko rises in the Snowy Mountains of southeastern New South Wales. Its comparatively modest height is useful when contrasting Australia’s old, eroded uplands with New Zealand’s actively rising Southern Alps.

Fast Facts

  • It rises to 2,228 metres above sea level.
  • It lies within Kosciuszko National Park.
  • Part of the Australian Alps and Great Dividing Range.
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