About Kosciuszko National Park

Kosciuszko National Park is part of an alpine area which has quite distinct features, with glacial lakes such as Blue Lake, Lake Albina and Hedley Tarn, and large granite boulders dominating the area. The vegetation varies from herbfields of snow grass and and snow daisies, heaths, feldmarks (consisting of bare, stony ground between plants), and alpine bogs. There are a number of walks you can take across the alpine area.

The Mount Kosciuszko area is the coldest and snowiest part of Australia, which is mostly an arid and hot continent. Snow covers the mountain from June through October.

Mount Kosciuszko

With a height of 2,228 metres above sea level it is the highest mountain in Australia.

It was named by the Polish explorer Count Paul Edmund Strzelecki in 1840, in honour of the Polish national hero and hero of the American Revolutionary War General Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Mount Kosciuszko, the lowest of the Summits or the seven highest points on the seven continents. Here is the list of the seven summits:

Name	Height	Location
Mt. Everest	8850m	Asia
Aconcagua	6962m	South America
Mount McKinley	6194m	North America
Kilimanjaro	5895m	Africa
Mount Elbrus	5642m	Europe
Mount Vinson	4897m	Antarctica
Mount Kosciusko	2228m	Australia

Flora and Fauna

Many rare or threatened plant and animal species occur within the boundaries of the park such as the Corroboree frog and the Mountain Pygmy Possum.

Much of the park is dominated by alpine woodlands, characterised by the Snow Gum.

Some of the most common plants at Kosciuszko National Park are Snow Daisies, Heaths and Feldmarks.