The episode was nominated in the 56th Primetime Emmy Awards, for "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series", but lost to the ' episode "". In 2005, "Lost City" was nominated for "Best Visual Effects" in the 20th Gemini Award, with spin-off series "Stargate Atlantis" pilot episode "Rising" ultimately winning the award. Part 2 of "Lost City" was nominated in the 3rd annual Visual Effects Society's award in the "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series" category, but was beaten by the ' episode "".