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== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
[[File:Monte Scuderi 92.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Mount Pinefor and its adjacent range and highlands, picture here, dominate much of the central part of Halfway.]] | |||
Halfway is a roughly triangular island in the [[Sea of Canete]], sitting about two hundred miles to the east of northeastern [[Sarpedon]]. Halfway has an area of about 10,600 square miles. The island is situated just below the equator. The island was formed from an ancient volcano, known as Mount Pinefor and the associated Mount Pinefor range, which is the primary topographical feature of the island. Mount Pinefor sits at the center of the island, with the island's highest point being roughly its geographical center; Mount Pinefor gently slopes down from the island's center to a ring-shaped coastal plain that makes up the island's coasts. Accordingly, the island's bays and harbors are well suited for human settlement and commercial applications, giving Halfway its historic reputation as a trade center. | Halfway is a roughly triangular island in the [[Sea of Canete]], sitting about two hundred miles to the east of northeastern [[Sarpedon]]. Halfway has an area of about 10,600 square miles. The island is situated just below the equator. The island was formed from an ancient volcano, known as Mount Pinefor and the associated Mount Pinefor range, which is the primary topographical feature of the island. Mount Pinefor sits at the center of the island, with the island's highest point being roughly its geographical center; Mount Pinefor gently slopes down from the island's center to a ring-shaped coastal plain that makes up the island's coasts. Accordingly, the island's bays and harbors are well suited for human settlement and commercial applications, giving Halfway its historic reputation as a trade center. | ||
Due to the island's location relative to the equator, Halfway has a {{wp|Tropical monsoon climate|tropical wet climate}}. Resulting from this, human settlement is more densely focused on the external plain of the island, as the area around Mount Pinefor is dense, wet jungle not well suited for human life. | Due to the island's location relative to the equator, Halfway has a {{wp|Tropical monsoon climate|tropical wet climate}}. Resulting from this, human settlement is more densely focused on the external plain of the island, as the area around Mount Pinefor is dense, wet jungle not well suited for human life. The peaks themselves are covered in shrub brush rather than dense foliage made up of trees. | ||
In terms of its political geography, Halfway is divided into five counties and one {{wp|Consolidated city-county|consolidated city-county}}, [[Koureiros]]. Each of the five counties is broadly coterminous with the metropolitan area of five of the island's six major cities. They are Elatia County, Pertoulo County, Damasa County, Chasini County, and Pedino County, each being named for the County's major city center. | In terms of its political geography, Halfway is divided into five counties and one {{wp|Consolidated city-county|consolidated city-county}}, [[Koureiros]]. Each of the five counties is broadly coterminous with the metropolitan area of five of the island's six major cities. They are Elatia County, Pertoulo County, Damasa County, Chasini County, and Pedino County, each being named for the County's major city center. | ||