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> .. Kosciuszko. Nor can you spell it or pronounce it; ...

Then the rest of the article misspells it by dropping the Z!

As mentioned, it's also the name of Australia's highest mountain[0]. Named by the explorer Strzelecki.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko




Mawson Peak has a claim as Australia's highest mountain.

Wikipedia claims that there are three Australian mountains higher than Mount Kosciuszko, but two of them are on land that only a few countries recognise as Australian.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawson_Peak


That's actually typical for the Americanized name.




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