Nautilus
Nautilus is the second recommended destination for sailing, after Blake Sea. This continent is linked to Corsica at North, with Satori at South and with Blake Sea at South-East, with Transcontinental Channels. Together with Satori, it forms a supercontinent, like Euroasia in real workd.
In South-East, close to the connection with Blake Sea, there is Nautilus City, a city on an island, with an inner citadel, a complex road network and a navigable channel.
The continent has a complex coast line, with many gulfs and peninsulas. The road system is not well developed, with many missing parts. The coast is usually populated, while the mainland sims inside the continent, without access to road and water, are usually abandoned. The seas are usually not deep and the dryland is a plain.
History
Construction started on April 24th 2007, at 6 days after the construction of Satori. At November 12th 2007, Nautilus was complete and it was connected to Corsica (West channel, at Castle Valeria) and to Satori (West connection). On Octomber 17th, 2008, Nautilus City was built. An ilustrated timeline can be found here: [1]
News
New sims were added to South-East of Nautilus, to form a tropical paradise, similar to many places in Blake Sea. They were created in late September and beginning of Octomber 2013. We will see if this new land will become a subcontinent of Nautilus, like Nautilus City, or will merge with Blake Sea. In that case, Blake Sea will unite with the Nautilus - Satori supercontinent. At the origin, the estate that owns the new sims once owned the Irish islands in Irish - Bonaire. This is an increase in size. Previously, there were only 17 Irish islands in Irish - Bonaire, while here, in Nautilus, 22 new sims were created.
The formation of new sims has stopped. This new land is Seychelles and is a Subcontinent.
The movement of these sims was done with a high cost and under strict conditions. Negotiations for this relocation took an year.
Statistics
Note: It's difficult to make a clear separation between Nautilus and Satori.
Size in sims: 864 (N-S 34, E-W 32)
Size in meters: 56.62 square km (8.70/8.19 km)
Sea sims (only with water): 172
Coast sims (direct access to water): 556
Land sims (no water): 136
Sims with road access: 112
Sims without direct access: 77
Population density: med-low
Note: Population density is high is coast sims, low in land sims and very low in water sims. The water sims are usually protected land, like in any other continent, but their percent is much higher in Nautilus.
Coordinates
The following coordinates are given in sims, with the same principles used by Gridsurvey [2]. The separation between Nautilus and Satori is not clear. Subdivisions of Nautilus Continent are not shown on any map and on no site. So, the subdivisions marked here are deduced directly from map shape. The only clear subcontinent is Nautilus City. The separation line between Nautilus and Blake Sea is more clear. The numbers below are: longitude (min - max) / latitude (min - max).
Continent: 1106-1141/1047-1081
Nautilus City: 1120-1131/1047-1051
Blake Sea Crossing Area: 1123-1034/1147-1053
Satori Sea Crossing Area: 1111-1119/1047-1051
South-East Island: 1125-1131/1052-1060
South Sea: 1120-1124/1052-1060
West Sea: 1106-1119/1057-1070
Star-like Gulf: 1122-1131/1066-1072
North-West Peninsula: 1107-1119/1071-1081
Northern Shores: 1120-1137/1067/1075
East Sea (North Basin): 1132-1136/1066/1072
East Sea (Central Basin): 1126-1134/1061-1065
East Sea (South Basin): 1132-1134/1054-1060
Central Landmass: 1120-1125/1061-1072
South Peninsula: 1109-1119/1052-1056
Seychelles: 1135-1141/1065-1070
Grid Sector: K10
Geography
It is difficult to separate the surface features of Nautilus. The ocean floor can be divided into shallw waters and deep waters. The ground can also be divided into coast transition plains, hills and mountains. In many places, the land looks similar to the South-East sims of Sansara.
The mountains have an average maximum hight of 120 meters. They are massive but accessible. Usually, they have a whiter texture that makes them visible. The mountains are sometimes similar with the hills, only the color and the altitude are different, but this is not a rule. In some places, the hills are heavilly fragmented, while the mountains are more compact.
The hills cover the largest surface of the continent and almost all the islands. Usually, their texture is green. They are more fragmented, but that not always their form. The fragmentation is usually the result of repeated terraforming. Almost vertical walls can be found on all the continental surface.
Transition plains are easy to find near the seaside. They have a special sand texture. Water enters deep inside these plains. There are many gulfs, channels and estuaries, usually modified by terraforming. The plains not smooth plains. Slopes and small hills are frequent. A special case is Nautilus City, a subcontinent that stands on a large plain with green grass texture. Nautilus City has the same altitude with Bay City in Sansara.
Shallow waters are usually near the coast. They can be easy seen on map whiter then the deep sea. They are easy to terraform.
Deep waters are usually protected land. They are important waterways. The ocean floor has the same texture, sand. On the ocean floor, submerged hills are frequent. They can be a problem for large ships. Also, vegetation is present and sometimes the fish population can be unexpected high.
Seychelles are the newest part of the continent, created in late 2013. They are a Subcontinent. Overall landscape is of a tropical beach. This land is private. It is formed of 22 sims. Land can be purchased or rented from the local estate. For more info, please visit link Seychelles Estate. These islands are made to look like the real Seychelles islands. Also the names come from real world. A traveler can have many pleasant surprises here, including surfable waves and a lot of exotic landscapes.
Also, important for Nautilus are the waterways that allow access to nearby continents, the Transcontinental Channels.
Highest altitude in Nautilus is less then 160 meters, in several places, including Sevil (153 meters).
Transportation
The main way of transportation must be sailing. The vast network of seas, gulfs, estuaries and fjords give easy water access to many parcels. A large oceanic surface is protected land. Even so, every avatar must have its own ship or travel underwater. Automated ships are rare and almost unknown.
Road transport is limited. The road network is composed of two unconnected subnetworks. This is a major problem for the local economy. In some places the population density is similar to places in Heterocera, but to travel, an avatar needs to go through many parcels. This is difficult, since many parcels have an entity orb that will teleport unwanted visitors or have ban lines. Continous buildings and walls resulted from terraforming are also major problems. Continental land of Nautilus needs a larger transportation system.
It is almost impossible to walk by foot from Corsica to Satori without being teleported or without the need to fly over obstacles.
Links
[3] - Nautilus Ferry Service
Nautilus Network - road network
[4] - Second Life Wikia