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Mount Kosciuszko, Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia, photo Magdalena Zdrowicka-Wawrzyniak, 2023
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Photo showing Mount Kosciuszko in Australia
Mount Kosciuszko, Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia, photo Magdalena Zdrowicka-Wawrzyniak, 2023
License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Instytut Polonika, License terms and conditions
Photo showing Mount Kosciuszko in Australia
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Mount Kosciuszko in Australia

Munyang | Australia
ID: pol_info-000245-P/159792

Mount Kosciuszko in Australia

Munyang | Australia

The highest peak in mainland Australia is named Mount Kosciuszko, commemorating Tadeusz Kosciuszko. It was discovered in 1840 by the Polish traveller and geologist Pawel Edmund Strzelecki. It rises in the Australian Alps, in what is now Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales.

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commémoration

Publication:

24.05.2024

Last updated:

08.02.2026
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Photograph of a stone cairn on Mount Kosciuszko summit with rocky terrain and snow patches in the Australian Alps under a clear blue sky Photo showing Mount Kosciuszko in Australia Gallery of the object +1
Mount Kosciuszko, Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia, photo Magdalena Zdrowicka-Wawrzyniak, 2023
A stone mound at the top of Mount Kosciuszko in Australia, surrounded by rocky terrain and snow-capped peaks under clear skies. Photo showing Mount Kosciuszko in Australia Gallery of the object +1
Mount Kosciuszko, Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia, photo Magdalena Zdrowicka-Wawrzyniak, 2023
Photo showing Mount Kosciuszko in Australia
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