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Based on Strzelecki’s records, Australia’s highest summit was mapped. A cartographical mistake made in an edition of Victorian maps transposed Mount Kosciusko to the position of the present Mount Townsend. Later editions of the map continued to show the original location. [11] NSW maps did not make this mistake. [citation needed]
The section of the Great Dividing Range between the Ramshead Range and Dicky Cooper Bogong in the Snowy Mountains is known as the Main Range.It can also be used more generally for the peaks (not necessarily on the Great Dividing Range) on or on short spurs off the range.
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]
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Mount Kosciuszko Australia: 2,228 ... Ireland: 1,038 ... Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones; Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence ...
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In 1944 this became the Kosciuszko State Park and the Kosciuszko National Park in 1967. [ 3 ] Recreational skiing began at Kiandra in the 1860s and experienced a boom in the 20th century following the commencement of the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme between 1949 and 1976 which brought many European workers to the ...
The pass and village are named after Charlotte Adams, who, in 1881, was the first European woman to climb Mount Kosciuszko. [2] Charlotte Pass provides access to some of Australia's highest alpine terrain and was formerly a stop-off point for public vehicular access to Mount Kosciuszko, though the public access road now terminates at the Pass.