Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Shangri-La (NZL) | 78° 03' 16.2" S | 163° 44' 19.2" E | Valley |
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Name ID: 114363
Place ID: 13084
A secluded area completely isolated by mountain peaks, located immediately south of the Joyce Glacier, across Lake Buddha. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MG10 |
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| Shangri-la (USA) | 78° 03' 00.0" S | 163° 42' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 131468
Place ID: 13084
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. |
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