The section of the
Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills. It runs roughl ...
between the
Ramshead Range and
Dicky Cooper Bogong in the
Snowy Mountains
The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range, a cordillera syste ...
is known as the Main Range. It can also be used more generally for the peaks (not necessarily on the Great Dividing Range) on or on short spurs off the range. It contains many of the highest peaks in mainland
Australia
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. Some peaks on the Main Range include (from the south):
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The Ramsheads
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Mount Kosciuszko
Mount Kosciuszko ( ; ; Ngarigo: ) is the highest mountain of the mainland Australia, at above sea level. It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, a part of the Australian Alps National Parks and ...
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Muellers Peak
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Mount Townsend,
Mount Alice Rawson and
Abbotts Peak (on Abbotts Ridge)
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Mount Northcote,
Mount Clark and
Mount Lee
Mount Lee is a peak in the Santa Monica Mountains, located in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Hollywood Sign is located on its southern slope.
History
The original unnamed peak was one of the "three sisters" along wi ...
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Carruthers Peak
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Mount Twynam and
Little Twynam
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Mount Anton and
Mount Anderson
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Mount Tate
, also known as Tateyama, is a mountain located in the southeastern area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the tallest mountains in the Hida Mountains at and one of Japan's along with Mount Fuji and Mount Haku. Tateyama consists of thr ...
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Dicky Cooper Bogong
See also
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Australian Alps
The Australian Alps are a mountain range in southeast Australia. The range comprises an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion,
References
* Geehi Bushwalking Club, (2001) 8th ed. ''Snowy Mountains Walks'', Canberra: National Capital Printing.
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