Satellite Subcontinent

Satellite is a sim located in North-East of Heterocera Continent. The area is also a Subcontinent. SLGI team gave it the transitory name **B047**.

## History

The area was one of the last additions to Heterocera. By 2006, all Geographic features were finished. The railways in the area were later added, one by one, until around 2013. During this time and after, land in most places was purchased and sold sometimes even a hundred times.

The Lindens built a road that was named *Satellite Way*. Also, other roads tend to converge into this road. The railway, coming from South, reach Spangle, very close to Satellite. As seen from the map, Satellite appears to be the most important sim in the area. The initial, official Linden names, have no designation for this area. So, SLGI team decided to name the subcontinent after the most important sim, Satellite.

## Structure

In Heterocera, borders of subcontinents are not easy to draw based on sim borders. Most often, borders are drawn with the help of rivers, roads, altitude levels or any other available Geographic features. In this case, borders are drawn as follows: To South, sim borders, to separate from East Atoll. To South-West, the border is route 6, used to separate from Mountains Of Heterocera Subcontinent. To West, separation with North Atoll is done with the help of a river.

The subcontinent is made of 27 sims.

The outer side of the atoll has some common features. The main differences found in Satellite Subcontinent are: There are less railways compared to East Atoll, there are almost no valleys compared to North Atoll and roads and rails tend to converge towards Satellite.

## Geography

Like most parts of Heterocera, the subcontinent is made of a succession of terraces. Sometimes the terraces are wider, sometimes narrower.

**Coastal Waters** are located to North and East. To East, there are 5 flooded sims, forming a small sea. They are all Protected Land, deep (altitude is 1 m) and opened for navigation. There is an island in Shipton sim. On the North side, coastal waters are much narrower.

**Coastal Plain** is found close to the waters. Altitude is low, on average 32 m high. The plain is much larger in North, where it can be one sim wide, while in South, it is narrower. A characteristic feature is that roads and railways run close to the coast. The only railway that runs close to the coastline on the grid is found here, in Shipton sim.

The coastal plain forms two peninsulas: one in Snout (just East from Satellite sim) and one in Rivulet. A small river exists in Rivulet, with a large island. The river is not Protected Land.

**First Terrace** has altitudes of roughly 50 m high. Its separation from the coastal plain is less visible. An unexpected feature, revealed by altitude maps, is a lake in Lythria sim, located at an altitude of 30 m. The lake is long, narrow and up to 5 m deep.

**Second Terrace** comes with altitudes of 90 m high. Its rims are followed by route 4 to South and by railway to North. Spectacle sim is the point where this terrace is more visible.

**Mountain Terrace** comes with altitudes of 115 m and is mostly part of Mountains Of Heterocera Subcontinent.

## Land Status

The subcontinent has many parcels of Inhabited Land and Abandoned Land. Most land appears to be inhabited. Land corporations are not strongly represented in the area. Protected Land covers roads, railways and waterways.

Larger areas of protected land can be found around railway stations and their connections to nearby roads:

* Satellite Market - Spangle Station;
* Spectacle Road - Rail Connection;
* Rivulet Lighthouse And Park.

## Transportation

The subcontinent has a network of roads, that all converge to Satellite sim. Railways are also present and connected to the roads. Waterways are present to North-East. Between Spangle and Spectacle, there is a mixed road-railway track. Snout and Rivulet are road-water terminals, places where one can rezz a boat or a car to continue the journey. In the same way, Spangle and Spectacle are road-rail terminals.

The YavaScript pods are present in the area and offer regular tours along the roads and railways. The SLGI Trains have two dedicated trains that come to this subcontinent.

## See Also

* Second Life Geography
* List Of Subcontinents
* Heterocera