Snowy Mountains
The Snowy Mountains, nicknamed the Snowies, is a region in Southeastern New South Wales. The highest region of mainland Australia and one of the cooler areas of New South Wales, they are notable for their ski-fields and are the centre of snow sports in New South Wales.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Yarrangobilly Caves
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The Yarrangobilly Caves are a set of caves smack bang in the middle of Kosciuszko National Park, in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales.
Thredbo
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Thredbo is a village and ski resort within Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales.
Perisher
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Perisher is New South Wales' and the Southern Hemisphere's largest ski resort.
Destinations
Kosciuszko National Park
Kosciuszko National Park is in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales and the largest national park in New South Wales, and the highest in Australia.
Tumut
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Tumut is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the banks of the Tumut River.
Cooma
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Cooma is a town on the way to the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales.
Jindabyne
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Jindabyne is a town in south-east New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council.
Bombala
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Bombala is a pretty and historic town in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales.
Adaminaby
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One of Australia's highest towns is often an overlooked one.
Talbingo
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Talbingo is a small town in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.
Nimmitabel
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Nimmitabel is a small timey town in the Snowy Mountains region of southeastern New South Wales.
Crackenback
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Crackenback is an up-and-coming resort area in the Snowy Mountains region of southeastern New South Wales.
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Snowy Mountains
- Type: Mountain range
- Description: region of New South Wales, Australia
- Category: non-geologically related mountain range
- Location: Southeastern New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
-36.448° or 36° 26' 53" southLongitude of centre
148.265° or 148° 15' 54" eastElevation
781 metres (2,562 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 5132886623OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=mountain_rangeGeoNames ID
2149188Wikidata ID
Q1577859Snowy Mountains Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: الجبال الثلجية
- Bulgarian: Снежни планини
- Catalan: Muntanyes Snowy
- Cebuano: Snowy Mountains
- Central Kurdish: چیا بەفرینەکان
- Chinese: 大雪山
- Czech: Snowy Mountains
- Czech: Sněžné hory
- Dutch: Snowy Mountains
- French: Snowy Mountains
- German: Snowy Mountains
- Greek: Χιονισμένα Όρη
- Hindi: स्नोई पहाड़ियाँ
- Hungarian: Havas-hegység
- Hungarian: Snowy-hegység
- Italian: Monti Nevosi
- Italian: Snowy Mountains
- Japanese: スノーウィー・マウンテンズ
- Japanese: スノーウィー山地
- Japanese: スノーウィ山脈
- Ladin: Crëps de Snowy
- Latvian: Sniega kalni
- Lithuanian: Snieguotieji kalnai
- Luxembourgish: Snowy Mountains
- Macedonian: Снежни Планини
- Norwegian: Snowy Mountains
- Norwegian Bokmål: Snowy Mountains
- Persian: کوهستان برفی
- Persian: کوههای برفی
- Persian: کوه های برفی
- Persian: کوههای برفی
- Polish: Góry Śnieżne
- Portuguese: Montanhas Nevadas
- Romanian: Munţii Snowy
- Romanian: Munții Snowy
- Romanian: Snowy Mountains
- Russian: Снежные горы
- Russian: Сноуи
- Russian: горы Сноуи
- Scots: Snowy Mountains
- Slovak: Snežné vrchy
- Slovenian: Snowy Mountains
- Spanish: Montañas Snowy
- Swedish: Snowy Mountains, Australien
- Swedish: Snowy Mountains
- Turkish: Karlı Dağlar
- Ukrainian: Сніжні гори
- Welsh: Mynyddoedd Snowy
- Welsh: Snowy Mountains
- Western Frisian: Sniebergen
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Snowy Mountains. Photo: MDRX, CC BY-SA 3.0.