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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.

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1 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

2 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

3 Reaching the summit snow-covered in winter and spring

4 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

5 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

6 Reaching the summit Each year in December, an ultramarathon running race called Coast to Kosciuszko Paul Every was the inaugural winner in 2004.


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