Satori Waterways Network

Satori is a continent with a large landmass surrounded by waters on all sides. It shares a common water with Nautilus, the Bingo Strait.

## Structure

The waters of Satori can be grouped in two different categories: connected to Nautilus's waterways and unconnected.

### Connected Waterways

This incudes most of the waters in North and East.

* **Bingo Strait** is a common waterway shared by Nautilus and Satori. Basically, the Bingo Strait separates the two continents. Nautilus and Satori are not separated by Transcontinental Channels. Bingo Strait is the busiest waterway in Second Life. It is the most important navigable route. To North, it gives access to many of the straits and inland seas of Nautilus and almost encircles Nautilus City. The Northern shores of Satori, with direct access to Bingo Strait and also located close to Blake Sea, are the most expensive pieces of land on the continent.
* **FairChang Subcontinent** is a private-owned Subcontinent, built at the Western end of Bingo Strait. It is similar to Turara Fiji Subcontinent and the estates of Blake Sea in the respect that waterways, despite being private-owned, are opened for sailing. The subcontinent has many opened water canals, surrounding low sandy islands. Most islands have rectangular shapes.
* **West Satori Coast** is a continuous strait of water, spanning along the North-West end of Satori. It is entirely navigable and opened for both automated and driven vehicles. Along this waterway, there are many islands, hosting interesting destinations waiting to be explored and rezz zones.
* **Ashlite Sea** is a group of 10 sims connected to the West Satori Coast through a narrow channel. The sea lacks islands and rezz zones. It is the Southernmost part of Satori that can be reached sailing from Nautilus. It lies at the South end of Satori Rift.
* **Little Sea** is located at the North end of Satori Rift. It is connected to Bingo Strait through a canal. The Little Sea has many shallows and is not opened for automated vehicles. The surrounding shores have seen an increasing economical development and land is expensive.

A narrow passage passes through West Satori, connecting Ashlite Sea and West Satori Coast. Also, the East Satori shares a few water sims connected to Bingo Strait and a canal that is part of East Satori Coast.

### Unconnected Waterways

They are unconnected to intercontinental waterways. A private-owned connection still exists between Bingo Strait and East Satori Coast.

* **East Satori Coast** is a coastal waterway. Initially it was connected to Bingo Strait. Later, that connection was closed. A private-owned canal existed for a while, then was demolished and rebuilt as owners changed. There are many spectacular islands along the way.
* **East Satori** includes most landmass of the East of the continent, including many coastal sims. There is a narrow waterway, connected to East Satori Coast, which in some places gets larger. There are no rezz zones along the way.
* **Dog Coast** continues the East Satori Coast further to South. In this area, there is only a narrow navigable coastal waterway, along the sim borders, that is interrupted in multiple points. Navigation is almost absent.
* **South Satori** hosts a very short coastal waterway.
* **Far South Satori** hosts three water sims at the South end of the continent. These sims are a remnant from the time when the Linden officials wanted Satori to be surrounded by navigable waterways. These sims can only be used by residents owning land close to them.

### Lakes

Satori has a few isolated lakes. They are almost entirely private-owned and have the same elevation with the sea.

* **Satori Rift** hosts about 6 lakes, some of them stretching through many sims. Most of land is resident-owned, but Abandoned Land also exists.
* **East Satori** hosts two lakes.
* **Bullet Lake** is a distinctive feature in South Satori. There, missing roads are replaced with navigable waterways, with rezz zones for both boats and cars. The YavaScript pods cross the missing bridges by transforming themselves into boats.

## Access

The waterways of Satori are opened for sailing. While heavy traffic is encountered in North, along the Bingo Strait, the East and West coastal waterways are less used. The remote waterways in South are basically unknown and unused.

## See Also

* Second Life Geography
* List Of Waterways
* Satori