What is the highest mountain in Australia's Great Dividing Range?

Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in Australia’s Great Dividing Range, rising to 2,228 metres.

The summit stands in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, within Kosciuszko National Park. It was named in 1840 by the Polish explorer Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, who associated the mountain’s shape with a monument to Polish national leader Tadeusz Kościuszko. The official English spelling commonly omits the accent.

The Great Dividing Range runs along much of eastern Australia, from Queensland through New South Wales and Victoria. It is not a single narrow wall of mountains; it includes plateaus, escarpments, and several named ranges. The range strongly influences rainfall and drainage, separating rivers flowing toward the Pacific from inland waterways.

Mount Townsend is Australia’s second-highest mountain and is nearby, which can cause confusion. Australia’s highest mountain overall is also Kosciuszko, if external territories are excluded from the comparison.