Name details

Shangri-la

Shangri-la (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Shangri-la (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 131468

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Shangri-La (New Zealand)

Narrative

A small, secluded valley area completely isolated by mountain peaks, located immediately S of Joyce Glacier and Pewe Peak. The valley reminded personnel of the VUWAE (1960-61), who applied the name, of James Hilton's Shangri-la in Lost Horizon.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

78° 03' 00.0" S

-78.05000°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

163° 42' 00.0" E

163.70000°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

1-Jan-1974

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