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Who named the Mount Kosciuszko?

by Guest7334  |  12 years, 10 month(s) ago

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Can someone tell me that who named the Mount Kosciuszko? As it more look likes a japanese name.

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  1. Guest5210
    Mount Kosciuszko 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 Kościuszko, because of its perceived resemblance to the Kościuszko Mound in Krakow.

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