Center of Europe ver 2.0 Traditional Geocache
ly2kw: Muggled. One EU center is enuff for Lithuania.
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Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania claim the
geographic center of Europe is in their country. Now how many
geographic centers of Europe do you think you can count in
Lithuania alone?
"Lithuania has the proud and noble distinction of being the
smack-dab centre of Europe... somewhere. A sizeable monument
(designed by G. Jokubonis) topped with golden stars and a
mini-amphitheatre was finalised in the Centre of Europe. The
French
National Geographic Institute places the centre of Europe at
54*
51(54)' North latitude, 25*19' East longitude. In case you do
not
have a GPS satellite handy, head on your way to Moletai and
wait
for the signs for Europos Centras. Nut now it seems that those
diligent French geographers are warrling on their earlier
precision
and it might happen that the very centre is not under the
column,
and indeed not under the rock, but some 6-7 kilometres closer
to
Vilnius, on the other side of the road. So if you do have a GPS
and
are truly interested in this kind of stuff why not be safe and
try
navigating to 54 degrees 50 minutes 45 seconds North latitude
and
25 degrees 18 minutes 23 seconds East logitude."
- by Vilnius in Your Pocket
The cache is hidden near the center point, it is a small
plastic
box containing regular stuff: a logbook and some swag.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Haqre bar bs gur ebpxf