Mount Townsend

Mount Townsend is a mountain in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia, that is part of the Great Dividing Range's Main Range. Mount Townsend is the second-highest mountain on mainland Australia, standing at 2,209 meters (7,247 feet) above sea level. The mountain is 3.68 kilometers (2.29 miles) north of Australia's highest mainland peak, Mount Kosciuszko, in Kosciuszko National Park. Mount Townsend, despite being lower than Mount Kosciuszko, has a more jagged peak and is perhaps more imposing than the more round-topped Mount Kosciuszko.

Mount Townsend has a prominence of only 189 meters, which is modest in comparison to other mountains throughout the world. Townsend would be categorized as a subsidiary peak rather than a mountain under the tougher prominence cutoff standards, the most popular of which is the 300m prominence rule. Due to Australia's significantly lower topography than the rest of the continent, a prominence cut off point of 300m is practically never utilized for designating peaks, instead opting for less stringent standards of 50m or 100m. Mount Bogong in Victoria is the second highest mountain, according to the 300m criteria.

Height: 2.209 m

Location: Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.