Shaw Massif

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Shaw Massif (72°1′S, 66°51′E) is a fairly flat-topped rock massif (1,355 m) on the west margin of Lambert Glacier. It stands 12 miles (19 km) south of Mount Willing in the Prince Charles Mountains. Sighted in November 1956 from an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Bernard Shaw, radio supervisor at Mawson Station in 1957.

This article incorporates text from Shaw Massif, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.