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Little Sister (Wellington) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/1/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE PUBLISHED CO-ORDINATES
 

With a population of about 42,500, Upper Hutt can be considered to be little compared to its sister which has a population of about 510,000.

To solve this puzzle, you need to uncover information about Upper Hutt's sister city.

 

South 41° 07.XXX, where XXX = A + B + C + D + E

A = Time zone (UTC-?)

B = The lower of the city's two area codes

C = Record low temperature for month of May (°C)

D = Total number of sister cities

E = Whole minutes of north GPS coordinates of City Centre (intersection of Main Street and Center Street)
 

 

East 175° 04.YYY, where YYY = F + G + H + I + J

F = Year city founded (last three digits)

G = Total length of coastline

H = Number of colours on flag

I = Position in alphabet of first letter of state that city is located in

J = Number of times that city has hosted the Winter Olympic Games

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N yvggyr fvfgr(e)zn ng gur onfr bs n gerr. Gurer vf ab arrq gb qrfpraq sebz genpx yriry gb trg gb gur pnpur.

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)