Mount Kosciuszko is mainland Australia’s highest mountain, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level. Located 240 miles (390 km) southwest of Sydney, the mountain is situated in Kosciuszko National Park.

The mountain was named by the Polish explorer Paweł Edmund Strzelecki in 1840, in honour of Polish freedom fighter, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, because of its perceived resemblance to the Kosciuszko Mound in Krakow, Poland.