West Satori

The North-West part of Satori forms a distinct Subcontinent, separated from the rest of the continent by the great Satori Rift and its Northern extension, Little Sea. SLGI team gave it the transitional name **B098**.

## History

The subcontinent was built together with the continent, in the first half of 2007. Construction occurred very fast. In the beginning, there was a road in the area that crossed the subcontinent from East to West, reaching the coast. Soon after its construction, the road vanished as its land was sold. Since then, no road initiative had been proposed for the area.

## Structure

The subcontinent consists of 92 sims. Measured from North to South, it is 21 sims long, while from East to West, it is 15 sims wide. Its shape is roughly similar to a triangle. The subcontinent is separated from the rest of the continent by the tectonic formation known as Satori Rift.

## Geography

The altitude map reveals the real shape of this subcontinent and shows many similarities with the Eastern part of the continent.

Highest elevation appears to be in Tintafel sim (120 m). This is similar to the highest places located in East, in the Slavic Sims. And just like there, there is a large plateau, without significant slopes, that continues all over the subcontinent. The plateau ends close to the coast in North and West and close to the rift in East. In all directions, there is no sharp altitude transition. Mountains Of Satori or high hills are present, even if very uncommon. Sometimes, land is altered by repeated terraforming or abandoning. These processes create small terraces in certain areas. Close to the coast, there can be found larger terraces and sometimes even hills (one example of hill is in Slithert sim, it rises only 12 m above surrounding land).

There is a small depression, a passage through the plateau, located in North. Its existence had been revealed by the altitude map. The lowest point in the pass is 55 m. North East from it, the plateau has a more hill-like shape and reaches altitudes of 90 m high.

In South, the subcontinent is narrow, as the rift approaches the sea. Surprisingly, close to the shore, there is a mountain located in Cassidy sim. Measured altitude is of 50 m. Another mountain-like structure is in Summarlea (estimated 50 m, covered with buildings). A third peak is in Eostre sim.

The Southern part of the subcontinent contains sims with much water and even an island. Eostre Island actually stretches in four sims. However, its highest peak (63 m high) is located in Eostre sim. In this area, most of water is Inhabited Land.

There are two sims of Protected Land in South-West: Hathor and Innini. The islands are small and sandy. Many surprises await divers wanting to go and explore, including a wrecked submarine and marine life forms.

## Land Status

The subcontinent suffered in the beginning, when its road system was erased. Later, it was a good destination for people who don't want to be disturbed. The lack of infrastructure and relative flat land proved to be attractive for many people and especially to large land corporations.

A survey in 2018 found out that a large number of sims were owned by rental corporations. It is not known the reason why, but in 2020 it appears that many of them have left. There still are some large sims entirely owned by various estates, but not to the extent found in 2018. Most of the sims are a mixture of Inhabited Land and Abandoned Land. It is possible to walk large distances on abandoned land.

Protected Land is found only in South-West, where two water sims had been included in the subcontinent as they could not be included elsewhere. Also, there is a strait of protected land along the West end.

## Access

The subcontinent is surrounded to West and North and partially to North-East by navigable waterways. It has no road network. Both the YavaScript pods and the SLGI Fleet cross the subcontinent in its South end, along its navigable waterways.

There are no roads. Limited access is still possible along parcels of Abandoned Land.

## See Also

* Second Life Geography
* List Of Subcontinents
* Satori