Mount Genecand () is a mountain at the head of
Barilari Bay between
Lawrie Glacier
Lawrie Glacier () is a glacier flowing between Mount Genecand and Mezzo Buttress, and entering the head of Barilari Bay between Cherkovna Point and Prestoy Point on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the British Graham ...
and
Weir Glacier
Weir Glacier () is a glacier 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing north into the south part of Barilari Bay between Prestoy Point and Byaga Point, on the west coast of Graham Land. First sighted and roughly charted in 1909 by the Fre ...
, on the west coast of
Graham Land, Antarctica. It was photographed by
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1955–57, and mapped from these photos by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. It was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for
Félix-Valentin Genecand (1878–1957),
[See the ]Tricouni
Tricouni is the brand name of a metal nail used on mountain climbing shoes. Widely used in the past by mountain climbers and soldiers, it offers improved gripping on various surfaces. The Tricouni nail was invented in 1912 by a jeweler from Gen ...
page for the 1878 birth year. The year indicated in the USGS file (1874) is incorrect. a Swiss mountaineer who invented the
Tricouni
Tricouni is the brand name of a metal nail used on mountain climbing shoes. Widely used in the past by mountain climbers and soldiers, it offers improved gripping on various surfaces. The Tricouni nail was invented in 1912 by a jeweler from Gen ...
nail for climbing boots shortly before
World War I.
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References
Mountains of Graham Land
Graham Coast
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