Shangri-la is a large, dark region of Saturn

Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...

's moon Titan

Titan (moon)

Titan , or Saturn VI, is the largest moon of Saturn, the only natural satellite known to have a dense atmosphere, and the only object other than Earth for which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found....

 at 10°S 165°W. It is named after Shangri-La

Shangri-La

Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains...

, the mythical paradise in Tibet

Tibet

Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...

. It is thought to be an immense plain

Plain

In geography, a plain is land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently rolling. Prairies and steppes are types of plains, and the archetype for a plain is often thought of as a grassland, but plains in their natural state may also be covered in shrublands, woodland and forest, or...

 of dark material. 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. It is bounded by the larger regions of high ground: Xanadu

Xanadu (Titan)

Xanadu is a highly reflective area on the leading hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan...

 to the east, Adiri

Adiri (Titan)

Adiri is a large, bright albedo feature on Saturn's moon Titan. It is named after the paradise in Melanesian mythology. It is located to the west of the large, dark region of Shangri-la....

 to the west, and Dilmun

Dilmun (Titan)

Dilmun is a region of high albedo on Titan, Saturn's natural satellite.-Characteristics:Dilmun is located near the equator, centered on 15°N and 175 ° W.The large dark area of Shangri-la is located in the south.-Observation:...

 to the north.

The Huygens probe

Huygens probe

The Huygens probe was an atmospheric entry probe carried to Saturn's moon Titan as part of the Cassini–Huygens mission. The probe was supplied by the European Space Agency and named after the Dutch 17th century astronomer Christiaan Huygens....

landed on a westerly part of Shangri-la, close to the boundary with Adiri.