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Gurvan Saikhan Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/29/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Gurvan Saikhan


Gobi Gurvan Saikhan (Three Beauties of Gobi) National Park is situated in the west of the city of Dalanzadgad in Umnugobi province. The park was protected in 1965 for reserving the beautiful nature of Yolyn-Am of the East Saikhan Mountain. In 1993, by Parliament resolution No.83, its territory was extended by further including territories of Khongor's sand dune, as well as precious paleontological sites of Nemegt, Khermen Tsav, and Zulganai's River. It is comprised of 27 million hectares in area. The land of caves and mountains is 2,400-2,600 meters above sea level. The Khongor's sand dune is one of the Mongolian longest sand dunes and continues 180 kilometers from northwest into southeastern in Sevrei and Bayandalai soums of Omnogobi province. Zuunsaikhan, Dundsaikhan, Baruunsaikhan, Bayandalai, Zoolon, Sevrei and Nemegt of the Gobi-Altai mountain grows the special flower and plants. Southern cool plants and Central Asian dry plants are found in this mountains range.

The area is rich in Fauna. There are mountain sheep, goats, leopards, black-tailed marten of cliffs, lynx, wildcats, squirrels, white gazelles and other mammal animals.

 

The cache is located on the road to Yoliin am. 

The cache is a small plastic container box containing souvenirs, pencil and a log book

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)