Shangri-la (East Antarctica)

Shangri-la
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location	Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Denton Hills , Transantarctic Mountains
Geographical location	78 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 78 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E

Shangri-la is a small and remote valley in the Denton Hills of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located immediately south of the Joyce Glacier and Péwé Peak and is largely occupied by Lake Buddha .

Participants in a campaign that lasted from 1960 to 1961 as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions , the valley was reminiscent of the fictional place of longing Shangri-la from James Hilton's 1933 novel The Lost Horizon , which led to this name.

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