Shaw Nunatak
| Shaw Nunatak | ||
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| height | 500 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 32 '40 " S , 71 ° 13' 34" W | |
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The Shaw Nunatak is a 500 m high nunatak in the north of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises from the Nichols snowfield .
Aerial photographs of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) were used by the British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960 for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after the geodesist Colin Shaw (1944–1978) of the British Antarctic Survey , who was active on Alexander I Island from 1975 to 1976.
Web links
- Shaw Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shaw Nunatak on geographic.org (English)