Touchstone Crag
| Touchstone Crag | ||
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| height | 1550 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Saint Johns Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Touchstone Crag is a 1,550 m high and rugged mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the western part of the Helicopter Mountains in the Saint Johns Range, it rises 2.2 km west of Mick Peak . Its steep, south-facing cliffs mark the northwestern extension of the Saint Johns Range.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2007 after Steven Touchstone, who worked in nine campaigns between 1999 and 2008 as a helicopter mechanic supporting the work of the United States Antarctic Program in the McMurdo Sound area and in the Antarctic dry valleys .
Web links
- Touchstone Crag in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Touchstone Crag on geographic.org (English)