Degrand Channel

Degrand Channel is a Subcontinent located in South Corsica. SLGI team gave it the transitory name **B065**.

## History

Built in 2009, Degrand Channel had undergone significant changes over time. More and more structures were built on the sea floor.

## Structure

The subcontinent is made of 24 sims. 6 sims are Inhabited Land and 18 sims are Protected Land. All sims have water access and most of them are completely submerged.

## Geography

More then half of the surface is covered by water. 12 sims have some dryland, while 12 are completely submerged. Norstrilia is the only sim that has 50% of surface dryland. Any other sim has more then half its surface covered by water.

There are many surprises hidden for explorers in all protected sims.

* **Gerache** has a small island with a lighthouse. There is a small dock where you can rezz a boat. The seafloor hosts big rocks, sea vegetation and fish.
* **Feraco** hosts hidden treasures and sea vegetation. There are some blue luminous fish in the area. Ruins and monuments can be found too.
* **Petaccio** hosts a network of submerged caves. The area is known as *the lost treasures of the sunken city*. Best time to explore is night, when treasures are emanating yellow light.
* **Oryx** is Inhabited Land and hosts a large dock opened for everyone.
* **Paltiete** hosts big rocks, sea vegetation and sea animals.
* **Sarante** has treasures, caves, sea volcanoes and marine life. It is a continuation of *the lost treasures of the sunken city*. There are ruins too.
* '*Betacourt **continues the series of*** **lost treasures of the sunken city**. There are a few submerged buildings, sea vegetation and wrecked ships. The sim has some dryland. Sailors should be aware that some buildings are tall and can damage passing ships.
* **Wyrldmaker** is Inhabited Land and is home to *Angels N2 International Airport*. It also is a large port.
* **Getachew** is a water sim, hosting marine life and a wrecked airplane.
* **Zimnago** is inhabited land and hosts part of a mountain island, not opened for visitors.
* **Rexach** is home to a large coral reef.
* **Norstrilia** hosts half dryland and half water. It is not opened for visitors.
* **Degrand**, central sim, is home of an infohub on an island. This is a good place to meet other people and to start exploring. The infohub has a dock for boats.
* **Mon Bayete** is notable for marine wild life.
* **Stodierski** is home of an underwater cave, hosting an ancient tomb.
* **Mautte** hosts some big boulders, reaching above surface, as well as a lot of marine wildlife and treasures hidden in caves.
* **Stojiner** hosts a peninsula and a small island. A wrecked ship can be seen too.
* **Rooney** has some seaweed. The *Rooney Beach*, with a large dock and boats, is located on a peninsula.
* **McRitchie** is home of some sea vegetation.
* **Meidland** hosts a wrecked ship and a cave.
* **Qentatzo** is home of a large cave system and a wrecked ship. Fish and jellyfish can be found swimming in the caves.
* **Cavathor** is part of an island. It is not opened for visitors.
* **Otherwhen** is part of an island and is Inhabited Land.
* **Shrolpire** hosts a cave and a wrecked ship.

## Land Status

From the area, 18 sims are Protected Land and 6 are Inhabited Land. Land corporations own most of the 6 sims. One should be aware that most of the inhabited land is Land With Restricted Access. No Abandoned Land was detected.

Protected land is opened for sailing. There are a rezz zones available. Wyrldmaker sim, hosting *Angels N2 International Airport*, has its own harbors with rezz zones.

There are several areas with *health - damage enabled*.

## Transportation

Teleporting is the fastest way to reach the area. Most of the objectives are found beneath sea level, so a scuba diving costume or a mermaid outfit would be ideal. All the protected land area can be explored by walking, swimming or flying.

All the 18 sims of protected land are opened for sailing and have rezz zones. Flying airplanes is also very easy, with the help of Angels N2 airport.

The YavaScript pods offer guided tours of the area. Some pods travel as boats, while others go beneath the surface, as submarines. SLGI Fleet fly over the area, sometimes at low altitude, beneath sea level.

## See Also

* Second Life Geography
* List Of Subcontinents
* Corsica