Shaw Trough

Shaw Trough is a primary elongate trough in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, extending W-E across the north part of the feature. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after John Shaw, Department of Geography, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, who, with Terry R. Healy, published observations on the formation of the Labyrinth following a visit in the 1975–76 season.

77°32′S 160°54′E Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Shaw Trough". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 


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