Corsica South Archipelago

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 Western part of the island is separated by a tiny isthmus. Highest altitude is only 2 m above sea level. It is possible that at some point a canal will be dug, completely separating the island into two unequal halves.

## History

The islands, the waterways and the Western part of the main island were built around 2009, before the Eastern part. Nothing was done in the area since then.

## Structure

The Eastern half of the island is separated from the Northern half by an isthmus, where altitudes hardly rise 2 m above sea level. The subcontinent also include a few islands to West, which are economically connected to the peninsula.

The subcontinent consists of 73 sims. It measure 8 sims North-South and 12 sims East-West. 3 sims are protected waterways, 26 sims have no water surfaces at all and 6 sims have some white rocky surface.

## Geography

The altitude map reveals some of the features of the subcontinent. The Western peninsula, almost completely separated from the main island, does not have high, white plateaus.

To West, there is a big island, which appears to be partially or completely divided in three by a two isthmuses. The Southern one appears to be penetrated by a tiny strait (more exactly a ditch). Terraforming processes might alter this strait and build a new isthmus over time. The Northern one is still a dryland, but is only 3 m above sea level.

There are four other, small islands, with low elevations, as the altitude map reveals.

	+ Jolnir, 68 m
* West island:
	+ North lobe: Arcar, 128 m
	+ Central lobe: Gunfunk, 81 m
	+ South lobe: Pennycat: 118 m

Many small, isolated peaks can be found. See Mountains Of Corsica for more information.

Waterways between the islands are more shallow and are almost always Inhabited Land. They have navigable channels for ships, but also these channels sometimes are shallow.

Very deep waterways exist in South, where ground elevation is even zero. Coastal waterways to West also are sometimes very deep. However, there are two shallow areas in South. One of them is in Raduccieri sim, where water is only 2 m deep. This can pose problems to larger ships.

## Land Status

Protected Land is present in the form of waterways. There are 48 sims with waterways and 25 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 at high elevation. Land With Restricted Access can be found. Land corporations are present in the area too. Interestingly, ban lines and entity orbs seem to be more rare in this area compared to other places.

There is no infohub and there are no rezz zones.

## Transportation

The best way to move around is by sailing, using the many waterways available. There are no roads in the area. Limited walking is possible on high peaks along parcels of abandoned land. Flying is also possible.

There are airports in the area.

The area has access to Castle Valeria, one of the Transcontinental Channels, leading towards Western Nautilus. However surprising it might sound, traveling between Northwest and Northeast Nautilus is only possible through South Corsica.

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