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Far Flung Foreign Frontiers Mystery Cache

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Lorgadh: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Karen
Lorgadh - Volunteer UK Reviewer
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Hidden : 11/16/2012
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the above location, but is within one mile of it.

To find it requires answers to the following questions that will give you eight countries, the first letters of which should then be assigned numbers as A=1, B=2 etc.

Which countries have land borders with other countries beginning with the given letters (standard UN spelling)?


Q1 borders L,P,L,U,R
Q2      "       P,E,P,B.V
Q3      "       S,E,E
Q4      "       A,T,A,R
Q5      "       A,A,T,P,A,T,I
Q6      "       C,U,T,I,T,P
Q7      "       D,S,K,S,E,S
Q8      "       B,L,B,M,A,C,N

Note that the bordering countries are ranked in ascending order of the length of their frontiers with the answer country.

Cache is located at:-

N 55deg Q7Q3.Q4(Q2-Q1-Q6)(Q2+Q7)
W 004deg (Q4-Q7-Q1)(Q8/Q1).Q3Q2(Q5-Q6)


 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gerr jvgu n ivrj bs gur uvyyf

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)