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The Island Life Is For Me Challenge Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/24/2021
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


"An island is a natural expanse of land surrounded by water that remains uncovered at high tide", is the definition of an island given by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982.

While Australia is a landmass, it is often referred to as an island. And not just any, because at 7,600,000 km², it is the largest island on this planet. If we disregard it, like some, then the largest island would be Greenland and then New Guinea, Borneo and Madagascar. For this challenge, we will consider Australia an island.

The cache is located at the published coordinates. To complete this challenge, you will need to have found 50 caches on one or more islands that are also countries or regions of a country recognized by geocaching.com which are islands in order to meet geocaching challenge cache guidelines. You may find this cache and sign the log at any time. If you are NOT qualified and FTF is still available, do not sign on the FTF line but write a Note log to record that you signed it.

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This is the list of island countries or regions of countries that are islands (drawn from the geocaching.com API list so all are valid find locations as of publication date).

British Indian Ocean Territory,
Cabo Verde,
Comoros,
Madagascar,
Mauritius,
Mayotte,
Réunion,
Saint Helena,
Seychelles,
Bouvet Island,
French Southern and Antarctic Territories,
Heard Island and McDonald Islands,
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,
Christmas Island,
Cocos (Keeling) Islands,
Cyprus,
Indonesia,
Japan,
Maldives,
Philippines,
Singapore,
Sri Lanka,
Taiwan,
Timor-Leste,
Aland Islands,
Faroe Islands,
Guernsey,
Iceland,
Ireland,
Isle of Man,
Jersey,
Malta,
Sark,
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands,
United Kingdom,
Anguilla,
Antigua and Barbuda,
Aruba,
Bahamas,
Barbados,
Bermuda,
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba,
British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands,
Cuba,
Curaçao,
Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
Greenland,
Grenada,
Guadeloupe,
Haiti,
Jamaica,
Martinique,
Montserrat,
Netherlands Antilles,
Puerto Rico,
Saint Barthélemy,
Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Martin,
Saint Pierre and Miquelon,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Sint Maarten,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Turks and Caicos Islands,
Hawaii,
US Virgin Islands,
American Samoa,
Australia,
Cook Islands,
Fiji,
French Polynesia,
Guam,
Kiribati,
Marshall Islands,
Micronesia,
Nauru,
New Caledonia,
New Zealand,
Niue,
Norfolk Island,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau,
Papua New Guinea,
Pitcairn,
Samoa,
Solomon Islands,
Tokelau,
Tonga,
Tuvalu,
US Minor Outlying Islands,
Vanuatu,
Wallis and Futuna Islands,
Falkland Islands

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oevtug oyhr ovfba ghor Unatvat va gerr qbja gur fybcr nobhg 6-7' hc. Abg va gur gehax nern.

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)