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