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Originally appearing in Volume V15, 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. Its height is 7328 ft. An adjacent See also:peak to the south, Mueller's Peak, See also:long considered the highest in the See also:continent, is 7 268 ft. high. A meteorological station was established on Kosciusco in 1897.

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