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WD80#42: The Nano and the Island that Always Lies Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/20/2023
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the posted coordinates! This is a puzzle cache, you need to solve the puzzle in order to find the coordinates to the container.

The Island that Always Lies

You've already been given all the information you need to solve this puzzle. (There is no data to extract from the photo.) If you're struggling with it, we recommend you study similarly-named puzzles by the subject of this cache series (see below). Container is (shocker) a Nano in the woods, with a view of an island, a whole lot of water, or a dusty empty lake bed, depending upon whom you believe and recent weather.


Now that a couple of months have gone by, I'll leave a hint here in white text:

https://www.geocachingtoolbox.com/index.php?lang=en&page=coordinateConversion


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.


Congratulations to Team Ottlet for the First to Solve and KendraH for the First to Find!


This cache is part of the WERDAVE 80 for 80 series celebrating awesome geocacher WERDAVE on his 80th birthday. He has given so much (865 hides and counting!) to the local geocaching community it is only fitting we give some back to him! Thank you WERDAVE!


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle] QVQ lbh qb gur erdhrfgrq erfrnepu? [hide] haqrearngu

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)