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MMS.70 - Escanaba Crib Mystery Cache

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Goldfinch: This series has been a lot of fun for me and many others. But now it is time for this Geo-Art to be retired. The area is nor open for something new. Looking forward to seeing what someone will use this area for in the furture. Thanks goes out to everyone that found the caches.
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Hidden : 4/15/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

"MMS"
Michigan Map Series


The above coordinates are FALSE.

This cache is part of a series of caches. Please read about the series in GC5DBXQ - "Geo-Art Michigan". All information and updates to this series will be listed in the above cache.

To find the TRUE coords. determine if the statement is TRUE or FALSE.

Escanaba Crib
The location of the light is on a shoal in Green Bay. The nearest city is Escanaba, MI. The station was first established in 1938. The current lighthouse was first lit in 1938. The lighthouse is a white square tower with green stripe on crib. The tower has an isophase white light at a focal plane height of 45 ft above mean high water. The light has a nominal range of 11 nautical miles. The tower height is 14 ft. The light has a period of 6 seconds.

True : N 44° 41.664 W 85° 19.900

False: N 44° 41.110 W 85° 18.935

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cvar, Hc Uvtu

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)