West Gaeta 5

The Western part of Gaeta 5 is a Subcontinent. SLGI team gave it the transitory name **B120**.

## 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.

West Gaeta 5 consists of 129 sims and includes all the sims inside microsectors K10 g9 and K10 g10.

Second Life Geography Institute has a branch here, in Peeley sim, which is also used by the SLGI Fleet.

## 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 West Gaeta 5:

The West Mountains Of Gaeta 5 are present in the area and have the highest elevation of the whole continent. Even if they are called mountains, they don't come with steep grades.

West Gaeta 5 is connected to Corsica - Gaeta 5 transcontinental channel.

### HelFell

There is an infohub located in Helfell sim. It has a special access from the coast through a narrow gulf. The gulf can be used by small boats. East from the infohub, there is the *Fuerte De San Phillipe*, a fort that is opened for visitors. One can continue East from the fort and reach Dearheart, the Westernmost peak of the Mountains Of Gaeta 5.

One can move North-West from the infohub and find a beach with places to rest and a playground. It is also one of the end points of route 7. There is also a camping site in the area. It is said that Magellan Linden landed there and crashed his airship. Some pieces of the former ship can still be found. Route 7 continues again further South, partially submerged.

### South Coast

Along the South Coast, route 7 comes very close to the shore. The area between the road and the Southern water sims is named *Empty Land*, which, despite being mostly private-owned, is opened for anyone to cross. The road almost *touches* the sea in Starborn and Phasic Foo.

There is an island in *The Telis Inlet*. It is the only island along the coastal waterway, very small, reaching 24 m high and surrounded by deep waters.

## Land Status

There are 36 sims of Protected Land, 35 of them forming coastal waterways and one hosting the HelFell 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.

## Access

The subcontinent is surrounded by navigable waterways. 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 is a branch road (route 7A), which gives access to deeper inland regions.

The The subcontinent has access to one of the Transcontinental Channels, *Corsica - Gaeta 5*, which despite being the largest one, does not allow automated vehicles to pass. There is an airport in Xeriacle sim, close to the transcontinental channel, where one can rezz airplanes or boats. The airport also has access to route 7.

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 route 7A.

## See Also

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