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It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, part of the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves, in New South Wales, Australia, and is located west of Crackenback and close to Jindabyne, near the border with Victoria. Mount Kosciuszko is ranked 35th by topographic isolation.
The Kosciuszko National Park came into existence as the National Chase Snowy Mountains on 5 December 1906. In April 1944, following the passage of the Kosciusko State Park Act, the Kosciusko State Park was proclaimed. [8] [10] [11] It then became the Kosciuszko National Park in 1967. [12] The name was misspelt as Kosciusko until 1997. [8]
Gungartan is a mountain located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. With an elevation of 2,068 metres (6,785 ft) above sea level, [1] Gungartan is the highest mountain on mainland Australia not within the Main Range. It is located close to Whites River Hut in Kosciuszko National Park.
All of mainland Australia's alpine areas, including its highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 metres or 7,310 feet AHD), are part of this range, called the Main Range. [4] The highest areas in southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria are known as the Australian Alps.
Unlike the high mountain ranges found in places like the Rockies (highest peak 4,401 m (14,439 ft)), the European Alps (highest peak 4,808 m (15,774 ft)) or the Himalayas (highest peak 8,848 m (29,029 ft)), the Australian Alps were not formed by two continental plates colliding and pushing up the Earth's rocky mantle to form jagged, rocky peaks.
Lake Cootapatamba is a post-glacial tarn in the Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Lake Cootapatamba is located at 2,048 metres, which is about 800 metres south of the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in Australia. It is the highest elevation lake in Australia.
Mount Kosciuszko is the highest point of the continent and the Commonwealth of Australia. Mont Orohena is the apex of Tahiti and the highest point in French Polynesia . The active shield volcano Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the most voluminous mountain on Earth .
The Eight Summits [1] is the collective name for the eight highest mountain peaks on each of the seven continents (Australia has two entries). It is an alternative name for the " Seven Summits " due to different ways in naming the highest mountain on the continent of Australia .