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World War II Relics: Howitzer Hill Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/30/2021
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


World War II Relics

 

In order to find the cache you need to go to the 3 posted coordinates and find the information boards, read the boards and solve the quick and easy puzzle below to find the coordinates to the container. Bring your own pens!

 

Information board 1:

Extensive air operations at Reykjavik Airport required massive amounts of fuel that were stored in tanks on the hillside. These holes were blasted out of the lava rock to produce (BLANK) aggregate for the runways, and later served to protect four fuel tanks that were erected inside. Camouflage nets hid the location from the air. Three aboveground tanks were also erected close by.

Count how many letters are in (BLANK) and you'll get A

 

Information board 2:

Oskjuhlid Hill, with unobstructed field of fire all around and dubbed Howitzer Hill by the British Army, was key to the defense of both city and airfield. Numerous concrete machine gun posts have survived, together with this underground battle center. The map shows the defense scheme in summer 194B

 

Information board 3:

Icelandic aviaton was started in 1919 in the Vatnsmyri meadow farthest to the right in the picture. In 19DC, the Town Council of Reykjavik approved the siting of a future airport in the depicted area and toward the water's edge to the left. Later that year, the British Army commenced construction of an air base for the Royal Air Force that was operational by the following summer. The siting was governed in part by the proximity to Reykjavik harbor, which was the center of supply transportation, and a small fuel depot and pier at nearby Skerjafjord. The picture shows airmen's billets in Nissen-type bow huts and aircraft hangar A (No. 1) being completed. Construction work is still under way at the end of the runway, and close by are two RAF Coastral Command Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bombers that were used for anti-sub-marine patrols. To the left of the hangar is a rare four engine De Havilland D.H.91 Albatross aircraft that was used for mail runs from Britain. Farthest to the left stands a Fairey Battle patrol bomber and a Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft to the right of the building. On the opposite side of the field is a squadron of U.S. Air Force Curtiss P-40 fighter aircraft that was newly arrived to assume the air defense. Hundreds of local workers were employed on the airport construction together with Army engineers and infantry personnel. About E00 Faroese workmen were also hired during the summer of 1941. A group of workers can be seen on the edge of the hill in the foreground. Closer still, one can make out the tops of large holes that were blasted out of the lava rock to produce concrete aggregate for the runways and to hide fuel tanks that were erected inside. 

 

 

 

N64° C(D + E + B).A(D - B)(E + B)'      W21° (B + D)(A - E - B).DB(A - B)'

 

 

After you find the cache and sign the log don't forget to take some photos and enjoy the view! There are 2 small bunkers you can go inside and 1 bigger underground bunker (bonus points if you go inside cheeky) there are also relics of fuel tanks by the first information board but the way down is very steep, you can however go around and find a safer way in.

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp

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)