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 | |
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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.
Web links
- Shangri-la in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shangri-la on geographic.org (English)