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Mount Kosciuszko (MOUNTAIN), NSW Details
History
Spelling of the name `Kosciuszko` was changed from `Kosciusko` in response to a proposal submitted by the Kosciuszko Committee.
Description
A mountain within the Snowy Mountains and Kosciuszko National Park. It is situated about 14.5 km SE by E of Mount Youngal and about 7 km NW of Thredbo Valley. It is the highest mountain in Australia. Its height is recorded as 2228 metres.
Origin
Named by Paul Edmund Strzelecki who on the 15th February 1840 became the first European to climb this eminence. He named it after the Polish patriot Tadeusz Kosciuszko who is buried in Wawel Cathedral Cracow. The spelling is as recorded by Strzelecki in 1840 and shown on the first County of Selwyn map published in 1851.
Mount Kosciuszko (MOUNTAIN), NSW
| title | Mount Kosciuszko (MOUNTAIN) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 79835 |
| placename | Mount Kosciuszko |
| designation | MOUNTAIN |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Mount Kosciusko |
| lga | TUMBARUMBA |
| description | A mountain within the Snowy Mountains and Kosciuszko National Park. It is situated about 14.5 km SE by E of Mount Youngal and about 7 km NW of Thredbo Valley. It is the highest mountain in Australia. Its height is recorded as 2228 metres. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Named by Paul Edmund Strzelecki who on the 15th February 1840 became the first European to climb this eminence. He named it after the Polish patriot Tadeusz Kosciuszko who is buried in Wawel Cathedral Cracow. The spelling is as recorded by Strzelecki in 1840 and shown on the first County of Selwyn map published in 1851. |
| history | Spelling of the name `Kosciuszko` was changed from `Kosciusko` in response to a proposal submitted by the Kosciuszko Committee. |
