Mount Kosciuszko and the Snowy Mountains

Mount Kosciuszko is the largest mountain in the Great Dividing Range, and makes up the central figure of the subregion known as the Snowy Mountains. It is also the highest point in Australia proper at an altitude of 6,031 metres, just about half a kilometre below Mount Culhun in Tasmania. Mount Kosciuszko is a defining geographic feature in the country, dividing the fertile Ferozen heartlands from the heavily colonised eastern coasts. Many climbers have lost their lives attempting to reach its peak, which is considered the second most dangerous in the world (after Mount Culhun). Not so much because the mountain itself is dangerous, but rather because of the environment the mountain finds itself in (Oceanyka).