| Australian Alps A chain of mountain ranges of southeast Australia in the southern part of the Great Dividing Range. Mount Kosciusko, rising to 2,231.4 m (7,316 ft), is the highest elevation and the tallest peak in Australia. |
Australian Alps
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(Placename) a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria and SE New South Wales. Highest peak: Mount Kosciusko, 2195 m (7316 ft.)
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| Noun | 1. |  Australian Alps - a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing RangeAustralia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean Eastern Highlands, Great Dividing Range - a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia |
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