Mount Bogong

Mount Bogong
Warkwoolowler,Bugung
The western flank of Mount Bogong
Highest point
Elevation	1,986 metres (6,516 ft) AHD
Prominence	1,233 metres (4,045 ft) AHD
Coordinates	36°43′57″S 147°18′20″E / 36.73250°S 147.30556°E / -36.73250; 147.30556Coordinates: 36°43′57″S 147°18′20″E / 36.73250°S 147.30556°E / -36.73250; 147.30556
Naming
Pronunciation	/ˈboʊɡɒŋ/
Geography
Mount Bogong Location in Victoria
Location	Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia
Parent range	Victorian Alps, Great Dividing Range
Climbing
First ascent	1854 – Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller (by a European)
Easiest route	Staircase Spur

Mount Bogong, /ˈboʊɡɒŋ/, located in the Alpine National Park and part of the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, is the highest mountain in Victoria, Australia, at 1,986 metres (6,516 ft) above sea level.

The Big River separates the massif of the mountain from the Bogong High Plains to the south. From the nearby town of Mount Beauty to its summit, Mount Bogong rises more than 1,600 metres (5,200 ft), thus making it one of the highest peaks in Australia not only in terms of its elevation above sea level, but also in terms of actual base-to-summit prominence.

Mount Bogong is a popular backcountry skiing mountain through winter but only has snow for the mid winter-spring months. It is around 30 kilometres (19 mi) by road and walking track or 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) direct to Mount Beauty. Falls Creek and Mount Hotham ski resorts are also nearby. Camping is relatively safe below the treeline but the summit ridgeline is very exposed.

Emergency shelter is also available at Bivouac Hut on the Staircase Spur, and at Cleve Cole, above Camp Creek on the broad ridge to the south of the summit, and Michell's Hut on the Eskdale Spur.

In the Australian Aboriginal Waywurru and Dhudhuroa languages, the mountain is named Warkwoolowler, meaning the mountain where Aboriginal people collected the boo.gong fly. Additionally, in the Dhudhuroa language the word Bugung means the brown moth, Agrotis infusa.