Far West Ocean

Far West Ocean

Oceans, oct 2013, click for large

Far West Ocean is a part of the grid, that includes the far West sims. The former Western Ocean was too large and included about 40% of private land (that is about 8000 sims, more then all Linden owned land together). At that size, it had to be split in two parts. Also, its borders were very unclear. Many of the private-owned continents used as borders for the Western Ocean are too small to be visible on all maps. So, a much better way to divide the huge ocean at West to mainland continents is to use the most massive and visible structure in the aria, Eden continent.

Statistics

Surface: 8.4 grid sectors

Surface without void gaps: 5.9

Sims: 3000

Sim Density: 3.5%

Unassoicated Sims: 66%

Coordinates and borders

Eden is the largest private continent in the area. It is visible on the online map at lowest resolution. So, the border between oceans can be set by the position to this continent. The result is that Eden divides the grid into four oceans: [North - West Ocean]], Northern Ocean, Western Ocean and Far West Ocean. To separate these oceans, all that is needed is to draw a line on the North-South axis and one on the East-West axis.

Coordinates are in sims, like at Gridsurvey [1] and have the format longitude (min-max)/latitude (min-max). Eden has the following coordinates: 676-692/1196-1213, so a round value should be 680/1200. The separation line for the Far West Ocean can be set as follows: To North, the 680 meridian, a line that goes through center of Eden, close to teh line that separates grid sectors F10 and G10. to East the 1200 paralell, also a line that goes through the center of Eden. This is the separation line between grid sectors F11 and F12. To South, the line is the 900 meridian, separation line between grid sectors E8 and E9. This line is almost the South limit of Jeogeot. To West, the ocean is extended to the most Western sims.

Overall coordinates give Far Western Ocean the form of a square. Coordinates are: 400-680/900-1200.

Grid Sector: D9, D10, D11, E9, E10, E11, F9, F10, F11.

Geography

D9 sector

D10 sector

D11 sector

E9 sector

E10 sector

E11 sector

F9 sector

F10 sector

F11 sector

This ocean has nearly the form of a square. It covers 9 grid sectors. However, the sectors in West are not completely covered with sims and the sectors in East are not completely covered with Far West Ocean. A small part of them belong to Western Ocean. So, we can conclude that at its average density, it coveres only 6 grid sectors. Sim density is big and there are no void gaps.

• Grid Sector D9, corodinates: 400-500/900-1000, almost entire sector is void
  • A014! A014 Sim Cluster - S - 499-541/900-920 - one of the largest sim clusters
  • Also contains some Unassociated Sims
• Grid Sector D10, coordinates 400-500/1000-1100, almost entire sector is void
  • Contains some Unassociated Sims
• Grid Sector D11, coordinates 400-500/1100-1200, almost entire sector is void
  • A025! A025 Sim Cluster - S - 437-488/1182-1242 - huge group of sims
• Grid Sector E9, coordinates 500-600/900-1000, full with sims
  • A015 A015 Sim Cluster - S - 536-554/948-963 - diffuse estate sims
  • A014! A014 Sim Cluster - S - 499-541/900-920, one of the largest sim clusters
  • A086 A086 Sim Cluster - (S) - 555-575/914-921
  • A087 A087 Sim Cluster - (S) - 565-576/993-1000
  • Many sims are unassociated into larger structures (see Unassociated Sims)
• Grid Sector E10, coordinates 500-600/1000-1100, full with sims
  • A016 A016 Sim Cluster - S - 529-547/1014/1028 - large sim cluster
  • A017 Scotland Microcontinent - M - 522-524/1035-1041
  • A018 Lionheart Microcontinent - M - 511-515/1046-1050,
  • A019 Kimset - Tir Microcontinent - M - 504-509/1059-1062
  • A020 GY Sim Cluster - S - 500-505/1056-1059
  • A021 Elven Sims - S+M - 551-562/1056-1066
  • A022 Fatimas Microcontinent - M - 533-536/1084-1088
  • A023! A023 Sim Cluster - S - 503-521/1093-1111 - sims with mathematic disposition
  • A088 A088 Sim Cluster - (S) - 575-600/1006-1017
  • Many sims are unassociated into larger structures, see Unassociated Sims)
• Grid Sector E11, coordinates 500-600/1100-1200, full with sims
  • A023! A023 Sim Cluster - (S) - 507-521/1093-1111 - sims with mathematic disposition
  • A089 A089 Sim Cluster - (S) - 500-518/1149-1194 - large-dense sim cluster
  • A090 TRUST Microcontinent - (M) - 520-523/1152-1157
  • A091 Tiki - JC Microcontinent - (M) - 506-508/1146-1148
  • A092 A092 Sim Cluster - (S) - 565-581/1135-1146 - sims with mathematic disposition
  • A094 Coeur Microcontinent - (M) - 556-559/1116-1123 French microcontinent
  • Many sims are unassociated into larger structures (see Unassociated Sims)
• Grid Sector F9, coordinates 600-700/900-1000, sector full of sims, a small central vido
  • A035 Dreamworld Sim Cluster - S - 642-670/928-942 - distant sims
  • A102 A102 Sim Cluster - (S) - 655-694/906-940
  • A103 Undine - WWII Microcontinent - (M) - 691-694/904-909
  • A104 Lovers - Whispers Microcontinent - (M) - 676-681/986-989
  • A105 A105 Sim Cluster - (S) - 605-663/963-999
  • Many sims are unassociated into larger structures (see Unassociated Sims)
• Grid Sector F10, coordinates 600-700/1000-1100, sector full of sims
  • A033 Ko Microcontinent - M - 624-627/1034-1040 - tropical islands
  • A034 Babbage Microcontinent - M - 630-633/1004-1006
  • A106 A106 Microcontinent - (M) - 620-622/1044-1046
  • A107 A107 Sim Cluster - (S) - 601-648/1022-1051, sims with mathematical disposition,
  • A110! A110 Sim Cluster - (S) - 613-648/1091-1116
  • Some sims are unassociated into larger structures, see Unassociated Sims
• Grid Sector F11, coordinates 600-700/1100-1200, sector full of sims
  • A030 A030 Sim Cluster - S - 634-650/1176-1185
  • A032 A032 Sim Cluster - S - 694-701/1120-1128
  • A108 Pleasant Microcontinent - (M) - 650-655/1147-1151
  • A109 A109 Sim Cluster - (S) - 621-673/1118-1134, sims with mathematic disposition
  • A110! A110 Sim Cluster - (S) - 613-648/1091-1116
  • A111 A111 Sim Cluster - (S) - 678-689/1149-1156
  • Many Unassociated Sims are present.

Overall Data

It is impossible to divide Far West Ocean into smaller seas. There are no major void gaps and the only continent in the area is Eden. Also, there is a very smooth transition to the nearby oceans, so a Geograph must keep an eye on the Eden Continent to know where the border is.

Overall, there are 38 structures, 24 sim clusters and 14 microcontinents. 14 of them have names that can be seen in sim names. Almost all microcontinents are owned by a single estate. Usually, sims that form a microcontinent (and sometimes a sim cluster) are themed. This part of the grid is shared by powerfull estates, but there still are many estates that own a single sim. Places without public access are present, but not too many. A traveler in this ocean will find so many interesting places, with all maturity levels.

A094 (Coeur) is a French microcontinent. Almost everything there is written in French.

A018 (Lionheart) hosts its own multisim railway and even a subway.

See Also

Oceans

Grid Map And Dimensions

List Of Microcontinents And Sim Clusters

List Of Continents

Second Life Geography