Kosciuszko National Park

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Kosciuszko National Park
Mount Kosciuszko
Mount Kosciuszko
Kosciuszko National Park (New South Wales)
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Coordinates: 36 ° 4 ′ 20 ″  S , 148 ° 20 ′ 55 ″  E
Location: New South Wales , Australia
Specialty: Mountain landscape
Next city: Cabramurra - Canberra
Surface: 6,734.92 km²
Founding: 1944
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The Kosciuszko National Park (English. Kosciuszko National Park ) is a 6734.92 km² nature reserve in the Australian state of New South Wales , about 350 km southwest of the metropolis of Sydney.

Lake Cootapatamba in a former glacial valley with a typical U-shape

The national park is located in the Snowy Mountains and surrounds its namesake, Mount Kosciuszko , which is the highest mountain on the continent at 2228 m. Due to the high altitude, the park has an exceptional alpine climate for Australia with corresponding vegetation and the landscape shows traces of an earlier glaciation. Also in the park is Mount Townsend , the second highest mountain on the mainland of the Australian continent at 2209 m.

The national park was established in June 1944 and is the largest in New South Wales.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkManagement.aspx?id=N0018

Web links

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