Bacon Bay

B080

Bacon Bay is a Subcontinent located in central Nautilus. SLGI team gave it the transitory name **B080**.

## History

The area was built around 2008 and did not suffer significant changes since then.

## Structure

Bacon Bay is a water body located North - West from North Channel and West from Dire Strait. It is connected through private-owned and Linden-owned canals to the surrounding waterways. The nearby sims, which are Inhabited Land, are economically connected to the waterways and provide protected and private-owned access ways deeper inside the continent or connections to nearby waterways.

Bacon Bay subcontinent consists of 21 sims, 3 of them being the official bay and 18 surrounding sims.

## Geography

The subcontinent can be divided in 3 regions: the proper Bacon Bay (water-covered protected land), the islands to East (which are of low altitude) and continental coast sims (to West and North).

**Bacon Bay Sims**. There are 3 sims of Protected Land in the center of the sim. Two of them share sandy peninsulas coming from the continent. Altitude gradually decreases as one moves away from coast, until it gets close to zero.

**East Islands**. They are usually flat land, covered with sand, offering large beach areas. As the altitude map reveals, the islands are very low, barely reaching an altitude above 25 m. This allows residents to terraform them, to create waterways or island surfaces at their own will. The islands look like a Tropical Beach Paradise.

**Continental Coast**. It is located North and West from Bacon Bay Sims. These areas have higher elevation.

An interesting aspect is the presence of large channels, connecting waterways:

* **Goronbum Passage** connects Dire Strait and North Channel. It is Linden-owned and marks the South-East end of the subcontinent.
* **Venrigalli Passage** connects the water sims in Bacon Bay with Dire Strait. It is Linden-owned.
* **Knaptrackicon Passage** is a large private-owned waterway, connecting Bacon Bay sims with North Channel. It is very large and surrounded by docks.
* **Froog Channels**, built to give boat access to residents in the area, can also be used, on a smaller extent, for navigation.

## Land Status

There are 3 Protected Land sims in the area. Protected land parcels also include two channels.

Unique for this area, is the high amount of *private - protected land* initiatives. There are many such things:

* Private-protected waterways (the most notable being Knaptrackicon Passage) allow sailors to reach deeper inland.
* Private-protected docks are usually designed by estate corporations for rezzing boats, but can sometimes be used also by guests.
* Private-protected airports are opened for anyone.

The area provides passages for airplanes too.

**Residential areas** are found here, too. They often have ban lines and entity orbs and often are Land With Restricted Access. They include rental areas or resident-owned parcels.

## Access

Most land here says *welcome* to visitors. Nautilus continent has the reputation of having the highest number of ban lines and entity orbs from all continents. However, Bacon Bay is different and is probably the most visitors friendly area of the continent. One can use the waterways for sailing or flying airplanes or helicopters.

Both the YavaScript pods and the SLGI Fleet transit the area.

## See Also

* Second Life Geography
* List Of Subcontinents
* Nautilus