GC5W76V Polarruten #5: Jan Mayen (Unknown Cache) in Troms og Finnmark, Norway created by Birgit N

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cervisvenator: Hi

While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for the cache owner and block other cachers from placing a cache in the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time, we can’t do so forever.

Nothing seems to happen with this cache listing, so it is now archived, so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location. Also, if it hasn’t been done already, please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

(This reviewer note is in English so non-Norwegian cache owners, geocachers and cache reviewers can understand what it says.)

Thanks for your understanding,
Cervis Venator
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Merk: (n) Cachen befinner seg ikke på oppgitte koordinater (som du vil se ligger i Jan Mayenvegen), men på N 69 38.ABC, E 018 54.DEF.
Note: (e) The cache is not at given coordiates (which is in the road called Jan Mayen), but at N 69 38.ABC, E 018 54.DEF

Beskrivelse (n): Cache nummer fem i polarruteserien tar oss til Jan Mayen. Man kan kanskje bestride om den kan kalles polar eller ikke, men iht Store Norske Leksikon er Jan Mayen en norsk polarøy så da velger jeg å ta denne særegne øya med i polarruta. Jan Mayen er Norges eneste aktive vulkan (og også verdens nordligste vulkan). Øya ligger 550 km nordøst for Island og 500 km øst for Grønland, mellom 70°49’ og 71°10’ nordlig bredde, og mellom 7°55’ og 9°5’ vestlig lengde. Jan Mayen er oppkalt etter nederlenderen Jan Jacobs May van Schellinkhout som besøkte øya i 1614 og foretok kartlegging av en del av kysten.
Det har aldri vært stor aktivitet på øya, men på begynnelsen av 1900-tallet begynte nordmenn fangst av polarrev på øya. I 1921 etablerte Hagbart Ekerold den første meteorologiske stasjonen på Jan Mayen, og året etter annekterte Meteorologisk institutt en del av øya. I 1926 annekterte instituttet hele øya, men det var først den 27. februar 1930 øya ble innlemmet i kongeriket Norge ved lov. Den meteorologiske stasjonen driftes den dag i dag. Det er imidlertid ingen fast bosetting på øya – stasjonen betjenes av midlertidig personell.
9. november 2010 ble hele Jan Mayen med enkelte unntak fredet som naturreservat.
Jan Mayen er den nordligste av vulkanøyene langs den midtatlantiske ryggen, som er en undersjøisk fjellkjede som går midt gjennom hele Atlanterhavet, fra Nordishavet til Sørishavet. Det er en annen norsk øy - Bouvetøya i Sørishavet – som er den sørligste vulkanøya vi finner langs denne ryggen. Ryggen ble til for rundt 55 millioner år siden. Vulkanaktivitet langs fjellkjeden har i tillegg til Jan Mayen og Bouvetøya skapt Island, Asorene og Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo nord for ekvator og Ascension, Tristan da Cunha og Gough Island sør for ekvator.

Les mer på:

snl.no/Jan_Mayen
no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_midtatlantiske_ryggen

For å finne koordinatene må følgende løses
A (Beerenberg): (VNUM + moh + siste utbrudd + 5)/126759
B (Surtsey): VNUM – ((moh + siste utbrudd)*165)-423
C (Pico Alto): (VNUM + moh + siste utbrudd) – (180*siste utbrudd)-(25*moh)+510
D (Ascension): VNUM-(100*moh)-299247
E (Queen Mary’s Peak): (190*siste utbrudd)-VNMU + (6*moh)+877
F (Bouvetøya): (VNMU Erebus – VNMU – (4*moh) + 8)/296

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Description (e): Cache number five in the polar route series takes us to the island of Jan Mayen. Whether Jan Mayen can be said to be truly polar is questionable, but dependable sources describe Jan Mayen as a Norwegian polar island, so I have decided to include the island in the route.Jan Mayen is Norway’s only active volcano (and is also the northernmost active volcano in the world). Jan Mayen is located 550 km north-east of Iceland and 500 km east of Greenland, between 70°49’ and 71°10’ north latitude, and between 7°55’ and 9°5’ west longitude. Jan Mayen is named after the Dutchman Jan Jacobs May van Schellinkhout who visited the island in 1614 and who mapped part of the island’s coast.
The activity level on the island has never been high, but in the early 1900s Norwegians started to trap polar fox on the island. In 1921 the fist meteorological station was established on Jan Mayen, and the following year the Norwegian Meteorological Institute claimed part of the island on behalf of Norway. In 1926 the institute claimed the whole island, but it was first on 27 February 1930 that the island was made part of the Norwegian territory by law. The meteorological station is still in operation today. There is no permanent population on the island though – the station is manned by temporary personnel.
On 9 November 2010 most of the island was designated a natural reserve.
Jan Mayen is the northernmost of the volcanos found along the mid-Atlantic ridge, an undersea mountain chain that follows the full length of the Atlantic Ocean, from the Arctic Sea in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south. Another Norwegian island – Bouvetøya in the Southern Ocean – is the southernmost volcano found along this ridge. The mid-Atlantic ridge was formed around 55 million years ago. Volcanic activity along the ridge hasin addition to Jan Mayen and Bouvetøya created the islands of Iceland, Asorene and Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo north of equator and Ascension, Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island south of equator.

To find the coordinates you need to solve the following
A (Beerenberg): (VNUM + masl + last eruption +5)/ 126759
B (Surtsey): VNUM – ((masl + last eruption)*165)-423
C (Pico Alto): (VNUM + masl + last eruption) – (180* last eruption)-(25*masl)+510
D (Ascension): VNUM-(100* masl)-299247
E (Queen Mary’s Peak): (190* last eruption)-VNMU + (6* masl)+877
F (Bouvetøya): (VNMU Erebus – VNMU – (4* masl) + 8)/296

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zntargvp

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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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