Mount Stilwell is a mountain 2,054m (6,739ft) above

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, in the

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. It is located on the Main Range of the

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Kosciuszko National Park The Kosciuszko National Park ( ) is a national park and contains mainland Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko, for which it is named, and Cabramurra, New South Wales, Cabramurra, the highest town in Australia. Its borders contain a mix o ...

, part of the

Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves The Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves is a group of eleven protected areas consisting of national parks, nature reserves and one wilderness park located in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria and which was ...

, in

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, Australia,Peakviso

/ref> and is located about 1.5 kilometres from the end of the

Kosciuszko Road Kosciuszko Road is a road in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia which runs from , to the ski resort of in Kosciuszko National Park. Route Kosciuszko Road branches from Snowy Mountains Highway in Pine Valley, nearly 7km west of ...

at Charlotte Pass.Dingo Gap - Stilwell Tri

/ref> It has been suggested that Mount Stilwell was named after

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Frank Leslie StillwellStilwell Histor

/ref> however no evidence for this can be found and the mountain is officially spelled "Stilwell". There is a Triangulation station, trig station on the mountain which was erected in 1952. The Mount Stilwell Walk commences to the left of the toilet block at Charlotte Pass and ends at the summit of the mountain. From the peak there are views of the rocky peaks of Kosciuszko National Park's Main Range.NSW National Parks and Wildlife Servic

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