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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.
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]
To walk the whole trail can take between 3 and 8 weeks. Food drops or a support crew are necessary as the trail does not pass through any towns, although it passes close to the ski resorts of Mt Hotham, Falls Creek, Mt Baw Baw, Thredbo, Charlotte Pass and Perisher. It has been signposted for part of its length in a tri-state agreement.
Main Road No. 286 was declared along this road on 8 August 1928, from the intersection with Monaro Highway (today Snowy Mountains Highway) at Pine Valley via Berriedale and Jindabyne to Mount Kosciuszko; [2] with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929 [5] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads ...
Alpine Way is a 121-kilometre (75 mi) rural road located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.The road connects Jindabyne in the east to the New South Wales-Victorian border in the west, crossing the Murray River near Bringenbrong and Upper Towong.
Topographic map of Mount Kosciuszko including the approaches from Charlotte Pass and Thredbo. Kosciuszko National Park is also the location of the downhill ski slopes closest to Canberra and Sydney, containing the Thredbo, Charlotte Pass, and Perisher ski resorts. Mount Kosciuszko may have been ascended by Indigenous Australians long before the ...
A fine view of the Main Range and headwaters of the Snowy River can be seen from the Snow Gums Boardwalk at Charlotte's Pass and the walk to the summit traverses sub-alpine woodland on the Guthrie Range. Mount Kosciuszko itself is visible from the first lookout. [43] Seaman's Hut on the old Summit Road en route to Mount Kosciuszko from ...
West Virginia Route 2 is a state highway in the US state of West Virginia. It generally parallels the Ohio River along the western border of the state, from U.S. Route 60 in Huntington (just west of the East End Bridge ) northeasterly to U.S. Route 30 in Chester (just south of the Jennings Randolph Memorial Bridge ).