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Kosciusko, Mount

Kosciusko, Mount (kozēŭ'skō) [key], 7,316 ft (2,230 m) high, SE New South Wales, Australia, in the Australian Alps; highest peak of Australia. Tourism developed significantly in the 1980s.

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