title: Touchstone Crag
text: # Touchstone Crag
  
  Touchstone Crag (77°11′57″S 161°18′26″E﻿ / ﻿77.19917°S 161.30722°E﻿ / -77.19917; 161.30722) is a rugged mountain rising to 1550 meters 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km) west of Mick Peak in the west part of the Helicopter Mountains. The abrupt south-facing cliffs of the feature also mark the northwestern extremity of the Saint Johns Range. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2007 after Steven Touchstone, a helicopter mechanic in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program at McMurdo Sound and the McMurdo Dry Valleys in nine austral field seasons, from 1999–2000 to 2007–08.
  
  