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Where Is the Most Remote Populated Place On Earth? Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/10/2016
Difficulty:
3 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 stated location. You do not need a boat to find this cache.

To solve this puzzle, you need to find the most remote inhabited place on Earth.


Don’t worry, you don’t have to actually go there, which is fortunate since it doesn’t have an airport and it is a six day boat trip from the nearest place that does. By most remote, I mean the populated mainland settlement, inhabited island or archipelago farthest away from any other permanently inhabited place. Two islands are considered to be in the same archipelago if they are within 250 miles of each other. If the place is on an island, use the name of that island.

You can get to the cache location by boat or by land. If you go by water (which is perhaps more appropriate given the theme of this cache, but not the most practical), you will have to get out of your boat to retrieve the cache. You will be within a few feet of it by that time.

 

If you change the hemispheres on the coordinates for Pantelleria Island in Italy you will arrive near your destination. For example, change North to South, East to West.

 

The place is:

1,200 miles from Saint Helena

1,500 miles from South Africa (nearest point)          

2,090 miles from South America (nearest point)

8,683 miles from Foster City

1,146 miles from Bouvet Island (the most remote unpopulated island)

 

Once you have identified the place, count the number of letters in each part of its name so that

A = number of letters in the first part of its name

B = number of letters in the second part of its name

Z = number of letters in the twenty-sixth part of its name (if applicable) .

Unused letters have a value of zero.

 

@ = A + 1

*   = C – 2 + D

 

The cache is at  North 37 33.DAD    West 122 16.B@* .

 

The name of the nearby condo complex relates to the idea of this cache.

 

Please note that the cache is not accessible from private property.       

 

Congratulations to Psychoticjester for the FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur purpxfhz vf 48. Lbh ner synaxrq ba gjb fvqrf ol jngre, ohg gur pnpur vf ba ynaq. Ybbx qbja. Qbrf bar bs gurfr guvatf ybbx n yvggyr qvssrerag gb lbh? Gurl unir gurfr rira ba erzbgr vfynaqf.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)