the height is 2,228 metres above sea level named by the Polish explorer Count Paul Edmund Strzelecki in 1840 in honour ofthe Polish national hero General Tadeusz Kościuszko
Reaching the summit a road to Charlotte Pass, from which it's an 8-kilometre (5 mi) walk up a path to the summit Charlotte Pass was closed to public motor vehicle also a road from Thredbo, which is a shorter 6.5 kilometres
Reaching the summit snow-covered in winter and spring
Reaching the summit 1 Mount Kosciuszko 2 Mount Townsend (behind and obscured by cloud) 3 Snow pole line 4 Head waters of the Snowy River 5 Kangaroo Ridge, Charlotte Pass
Reaching the summit Kosciuszko National Park the location of the downhill ski slopes closest to Canberra and Sydney containing the Thredbo, Charlotte Pass, and Perisher Blue ski resorts
Reaching the summit Each year in December, an ultramarathon running race called Coast to Kosciuszko Paul Every was the inaugural winner in 2004.