Mount Shaw (Antarctica)
| Mount Shaw | ||
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| height | 2035 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Anare Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Shaw is a 2035 m high mountain in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . It is the highest elevation of the Anare Nunatakker .
A team led by the Australian polar explorer John Mayston Béchervaise (1910-1998) visited him in November 1955 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Peter John Randall Shaw (* 1928), a meteorologist at Mawson Station in 1955.
Web links
- Mount Shaw in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Shaw on geographic.org (English)