GC3PB8Z WSGA 10: UNESCO World Heritage (Unknown Cache) in Washington, United States created by crs98 and WSGA

This cache has been archived.

crs98: A number of others in the series have already been archived and I think this spot has been compromised (and it wasn't very good to begin with), so I'll let it go. The key to solving this one was to note that the UNESCO site has a rather unique method of identifying the latitude and longitude of a world heritage site. A simple google search using that format for either a longitude or a latitude along with "UNESCO world heritage" leads to an answer for the page.

Thanks to all who visited.

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A cache by crs98 and WSGA Message this owner

Hidden : 6/26/2012

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Geocache Description:

This cache is not at the posted coordinates.

To solve this puzzle, identify the UNESCO World Heritage Landmarks from the scrambled coordinates below. The latitude and longitude locations of the various sites have been mixed together and are simply sorted in numerical order.

You can find more information on UNESCO World Heritage sites at the UNESCO web site.

Once you have identified the specific World Heritage Sites, sort them alphabetically. Each site has a reference number associated with it listed on the UNESCO web site description (ignore any non-numeric characters given as part of the reference number). The final cache can be found by the following formula (where the list of A, B, C corresponds to the alphabetized list of sites):

N47 28.260 + (A + B + C + D + E)/1000
W122 14.314 + (F + G + H + I + J)/1000

-125.589444
-108.485555
-104.383333
-69.794444
-20.205820
-19.083333
-10.538610
10.333333
20.265555
24.833333
32.166666
36.747500
37.261666
42.661111
51.771940
53.173611
61.547222
107.662500
138.716666
139.610555

This is one of 54 puzzle caches spelling out "WSGA" in honor of the 10th anniversary of Washington State Geocaching Association.

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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WSGA 10: UNESCO World Heritage Mystery Cache

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