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Mount Tricouni
Mount
Tricouni
is a
prominent
peak
, 1,630 m, rising steeply 2
nautical miles
north
of
Hobnail Peak
on the
east side
of
Skelton Glacier
, in the
Hillary Coast
region
of the
Ross Dependency
.
Surveyed
and named in 1957 by the
New Zealand
party
of the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
, 1956–58. So named because it resembles a
tricouni
, a saw-toothed
nail
used on
soles
of
alpine boots
.