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Shangri-La
	Shangri-La is the large, dark region at the centre of this image of Titan
Feature type	Dark albedo feature
Coordinates	10°S 165°W / 10°S 165°W
Eponym	Shangri-La

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The bright "islands are called "Inselbergs."^[1]
Sand is organic in composition^[1]

Shangri-La is a large, dark region of Saturn's moon Titan at 10°S 165°W / 10°S 165°W / -10; -165^[2]. It is named after Shangri-La, the mythical paradise in Tibet. It is thought to be an immense sand sea of dark, organic material, one of three major equitorial sand seas on the moon (the others being Belet and Fensal).^[1] It is thought that these regions of Titan were seas, but that they are now dry.

Shangri-La is studded with bright 'islands' of higher ground, called inselbergs, which are thought to be protrusions of the icy bedrock. ^[1] The composition of the sand itself if unknown. It has been speculated that the sand may have eroded from sources that no longer exist.^[3] It is bounded by the larger regions of high ground: Xanadu to the east, Adiri to the west, and Dilmun to the north.

The Huygens probe landed on the west part of Shangri-La, close to the boundary with Adiri. The planned lander rotorcraft Dragonfly will land on Shangri-La, and will fly toward the Selk impact crater.^[4]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lucas, A.; Rodriguez, S.; Lemonnier, F.; Le Gall, A.; MacKenzie, S.; Ferrari, C.; Paillou, P.; Narteau, C. (2019). "Texture and Composition of Titan's Equatorial Sand Seas Inferred From Cassini SAR Data: Implications for Aeolian Transport and Dune Morphodynamics". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 124 (11): 3140–3163. doi:10.1029/2019je005965. ISSN 2169-9097.
^ "Shangri-La". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ Bryan, Yu, Xinting Hörst, Sarah M. He, Chao McGuiggan, Patricia Crawford, (2018-06-20). Where does Titan Sand Come From: Insight from Mechanical Properties of Titan Sand Candidates. OCLC 1098137557.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ NASA's Dragonfly Will Fly Around Titan Looking for Origins, Signs of Life. Grey Hautaluoma and Alana Johnson, NASA. Press release 27 June 2019.

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[:0-1] Lucas, A.; Rodriguez, S.; Lemonnier, F.; Le Gall, A.; MacKenzie, S.; Ferrari, C.; Paillou, P.; Narteau, C. (2019). "Texture and Composition of Titan's Equatorial Sand Seas Inferred From Cassini SAR Data: Implications for Aeolian Transport and Dune Morphodynamics". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 124 (11): 3140–3163. doi:10.1029/2019je005965. ISSN 2169-9097.

[2] "Shangri-La". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

[3] Bryan, Yu, Xinting Hörst, Sarah M. He, Chao McGuiggan, Patricia Crawford, (2018-06-20). Where does Titan Sand Come From: Insight from Mechanical Properties of Titan Sand Candidates. OCLC 1098137557.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Hautaluoma-4] NASA's Dragonfly Will Fly Around Titan Looking for Origins, Signs of Life. Grey Hautaluoma and Alana Johnson, NASA. Press release 27 June 2019.

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