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This included identifying Australia’s highest summit, which Strzelecki reached on 12 March 1840. [9] [10] Mount Kosciusko, seen from the Victorian border (Mount Hope Ranges) - the mountain range as depicted by Eugene von Guerard, 1866 North-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko - Eugene von Guerard, 1863
Aoraki / Mount Cook, located in New Zealand's South Island, is the highest point in the country. The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand [a] ordered by height. . Names, heights, topographic prominence and isolation, and coordinates were extracted from the official Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Topo50 topographic maps at the interactive topographic map of New Zealand
Mountains located within the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales Mount Kosciuszko , at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) [ 24 ] (Highest mountain on the mainland) Mount Townsend , at 2,209 metres (7,247 ft) [ 25 ] (Second highest mountain on the mainland)
Rank Country Highest point Elevation 5 Australia Mount Kosciuszko: 2,228 m (7,310 ft) [1] 10 Federated States of Micronesia Nanlaud: 782 m (2,566 ft) 8 Fiji Mount Tomanivi ...
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.
While Mt McClintock (3,490 m (11,450 ft)) is located within the claimed Australian Antarctic Territory and is also claimed as Australia's highest peak, it is again not in Oceania. [14] If excluding the island of New Guinea, then Aoraki / Mount Cook on the South Island of New Zealand is the highest mountain in Australasia at 3,724 m (12,218 ft).
Aoraki / Mount Cook [a] is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Its height, as of 2014, is listed as 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). [2] It is situated in the Southern Alps, the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island. A popular tourist destination, [3] it is also a favourite challenge for mountain climbers. Aoraki / Mount Cook ...
Mount Bogong from Tawonga Gap lookout Staircase Spur after the July 2014 blizzards Cleve Cole Hut. Mount Bogong, / ˈ b oʊ ɡ ɒ ŋ / located in the Alpine National Park and part of the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, is the highest mountain in Victoria, Australia, at 1,986 metres (6,516 ft) above sea level.