Shaw Nunatak () is a nunatak rising to 500 m in Nichols Snowfield, northern Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after Colin Shaw (1944-78), British Antarctic Survey (BAS) surveyor who worked in Alexander Island, 1975-76.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Shaw Nunatak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).