Central Gaeta 5

The Central part of Gaeta 5 is a Subcontinent. SLGI team gave it the transitory name **B121**.

## History

Gaeta 5 was built in only 41 dais, at the beginning of 2008. It was the fastest continent built. Initially, it was planned that there will be five continents, merged later into a single Gaeta. This never happened, as, by the time Gaeta 1 was being built, Second Life reached its peak and the demand for land decreased below the speed at which land was set for sale or abandoned.

## Structure

The Linden Officials never divided Gaeta 5 into subcontinents or regions of any kind. SLGI team divided it into an East, a central and a West subcontinent, using only Microsector borders. The three subcontinents have many similar features.

Central Gaeta 5 consists of 147 sims and includes all the sims inside microsectors K10 h9 and K10 h10.

## Geography

There are many similarities between all three subcontinents of Gaeta 5.

**Coastal Waterway** surrounds the continent and allows ships to circumnavigate. These waterways are more quiet then those of Nautilus and North Satori. Close to the coastline, water is very shallow. Further from the coast, water is deep enough to allow even large ships to pass through.

**Coastal Plain** is the expensive area close to the shores. Here, a large sandy beach extends deep. Through terraforming, one can change the shoreline, creating gulfs, lakes, islands and peninsulas. Ground texture is of high-quality, fine-grained sand.

**Inland Plain** follows the coastal plain and appears on the map as green. As elevation rises, sand is replaced by grass. Here, Inhabited Land starts to decrease and is gradually replaced by Abandoned Land.

**High Plain** occurs at higher elevation and is visible on the map, as land texture smoothly changes.

There are a few things characteristic only for Central Gaeta 5:

**Central Depression.** The central part of the subcontinent is a large plain. It is a low and very wide pass between the East and West Mountains Of Gaeta 5. Highest point in the pass is 40 m. North and South from the pass, the coastal plain extends much further, creating extensive beaches. The area appears surprisingly flat.

**Sutras Hill.** There is a hill in Sutras sim, with a surprisingly high elevation (115 m). It is surrounded by flat terrain. This hill can be considered the furthest West extension of the East Branch of Mountains Of Gaeta 5.

**Hyannisport Infohub.** Close to the North-East end of dryland, there is a large infohub. To North, in Itress sim, there is a large peninsula, which creates a natural harbor. The infohub is located in Hyannisport. There, one can find a dock in North and a large gulf with its entry blocked for boats in center and surrounded by a huge beach. Infohub buildings are located in South.

**Libestus** is a coastal sim hosting a small peninsula and a dock with a rezz zone. It stands right inside a big gap of route 7, where the road is not replaced by a canal.

There is also a lighthouse in the area.

## Land Status

There are 29 sims of Protected Land, 28 of them forming coastal waterways and one hosting the Hyannisport infohub and its adjacent structures.

Along the coastal sims, almost all land is Inhabited Land and very expensive. Deeper inside the continent, Abandoned Land is more frequently found.

Some land corporations take advantage of the relatively flat terrain and hold entire sims inland, especially in the central depression.

## Access

The subcontinent is surrounded by navigable waterways. Waterways are deep and large enough to allow even the largest ships to pass.

Route 7, the coastal road, encircles the whole continent. However, in certain places, it ends-up and is replaced by navigable canals or it reaches the coastline where one can rezz a boat. There are two branch roads (route 7A and route 7B), which reach far inside the continent.

The YavaScript pods run along the road network. The SLGI Fleet has a ship that conducts scheduled flights along the roads and waterways.

One can venture deep inland along the many parcels of abandoned land from routes 7A and 7B. impossible to find a continuous path between the two roads through the heart of the continent.

## See Also

* Second Life Geography
* List Of Subcontinents
* Gaeta 5.