Shaw Islands

Not to be confused with Shaw Island.

Shaw Islands (67°33′S 47°44′E / 67.550°S 47.733°E / -67.550; 47.733Coordinates: 67°33′S 47°44′E / 67.550°S 47.733°E / -67.550; 47.733) is a group of four islands lying 3.2 km (2 mi) north of the central part of McKinnon Island, off the coast of Enderby Land. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for John E. Shaw, physicist at Mawson Station in 1957.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Shaw Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, November 22, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.