Shangri-La (Titan)
 Shangri-La is the large, dark region at the center of this image of Titan | |
| Feature on Titan | |
|---|---|
| Type | Dark albedo feature |
| Latitude | 10S |
| Longitude | 165W |
| Eponym | Shangri-La |
Shangri-La is a large, dark area on Saturn's moon Titan. It is at 10°S 165°W / 10°S 165°W. The place is named after Shangri-La, the imaginary valley in Tibet. Some people think it is a very wide plain of dark material. These broad, dark areas of Titan may have been seas, but now they are dry.
Shangri-La has several areas of higher ground it. These are brighter and are called "islands". Regions of high ground surround Shangri-La: Xanadu is to the east, Adiri to the west, and Dilmun to the north.
The Huygens probe landed on a western part of Shangri-La, close to Adiri.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Shangri-La in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature