Mount Kosciusko
/ˌkɒzɪˈʌskəʊ
/A mountain in SE Australia, in the Great Dividing Range in SE New South Wales. Rising to a height of 2,228 m (7,234 ft), it is the highest mountain in Australia.
Origin
Named by the explorer Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki (1797–1873), in honour of T. Kosciusko (see Kosciusko, Thaddeus).