Moles Island South

The Moles Island is the largest continuous piece of dryland in Corsica Continent after the Eastern *Mainland*. The island is separated by two deep isthmuses into three distinct areas. Based on this feature, the island can be divided into three subcontinents:

1. B068 - Moles Island North
2. B069 - **Moles Island South**
3. B070 - Moles Island West - Corsica South Archipelago.

The Southern part of the island is separated from North by a tiny isthmus. As for spring 2020, residents built tiny canals to West, further decreasing the width of the isthmus. It is possible that at some point a canal will be dug, completely separating the island into two halves. The isthmus separating the Western part is also only 2 m above sea level and can be dug by a canal easily.

## History

The island was built around 2009. From the beginning, its Northern part was designed with an infrastructure, with a road connected to the shores through canals. Not much was done since then.

## Structure

The Southern half of the island is separated from the Northern half by an isthmus, where altitude does not rise above 4 m. The isthmus is continued to East with *Mole Channel*, which is a navigable waterway. To West, another isthmus separates the Western part. However, SLGI team preferred to use sim borders in the area. To West, sim borders were used to separate the island from Gulf Of Moles, while to East, the subcontinent includes all inhabited water sims.

The subcontinent consists of approximately 59 sims. It measure 8 sims North-South and 10 sims East-West. 6 sims are protected waterways, 26 sims have no water surfaces at all and 3 sims have only white rocky surface.

## Geography

The altitude map reveals some of the features of the subcontinent.

The central part of the subcontinent, which appears white on the map, is a rocky plateau, where altitude have been measured to be 160 m. Highest point is in Kwaito sim, which is 169 m. The area is a large plateau, which in many aspects appears like mountains. The plateau loses altitude towards West. The altitude map reveals the presence of a few additional high dots. They are actually isolated mountains, the Mountains Of Corsica.

Altitude transition is sometimes sharp and sometimes smooth. There are a few other plateaus in the area, which can be considered as lower terraces of the main plateau. The highest altitude transition is in Kwaito and its Southern neighboring sim Vaktarin.

An interesting feature of the island is the presence of a large central gulf. This gulf appears to have deep water (sometimes ground altitude is 0 or 1 m). Most of the coastal water is resident-owned.

To North and West, there is a smoother altitude transition between the plateau and the coastline. Beaches are present and water is shallow. There are many buildings in the shallow or deeper waters.

There are a few objectives that are worth visiting, all located very close.

* Route 11 to South, a suspended wooden path
* Temple of the prim, a huge temple built on top of Kwaito plateau
* Route 11 in Kwaito, climbing to the temple.

## Land Status

Protected Land is present in the form of waterways and roads. There are 14 sims with waterways, 3 sims with road access and 42 sims without any strait of protected land. Some parcels restrict vehicles entry.

Inhabited Land is dense close to the coast and along the roads. Abandoned Land is more common in isolated areas and on the high plateau. Land With Restricted Access can be found. Land corporations are present in the area too.

There is no infohub.

Rezz zones are located along route 11, the main road in the area. There are no rezz zones for boats.

## Transportation

Route 11 provides limited access deeper inside the island. It is not built for cars. At best, it can be used for a horse or a motorbike.

Navigation is possible around the island, on the Southern coastal waterways (which are a strategic line connecting West and East waterways around Nautilus) and in Gulf Of Moles.

The YavaScript pods travel along the roads and the waterways. The SLGI Fleet have regular flights within the area.

## See Also

* Second Life Geography
* List Of Subcontinents
* Corsica