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KOSCIUSCO
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Page 914
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KOSCIUSCO , the highest See also: mountain in See also: Australia, in the range of the Australian See also: Alps, towards the See also: south-eastern extremity of New South See also: Wales
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Its height is 7328 ft
.
An adjacent See also: peak to the south, Mueller's Peak, long considered the highest in the continent, is 7 268 ft. high
.
A meteorological station was established on Kosciusco in 1897
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