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Missing Information Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/3/2024
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


To calculate the coordinates of the final location for this mystery cache you will have to answer each question.  Use the alphanumeric association of that letter to a number.  Then, you will need do the appropriate math to find the final at N47° 3A.BCD W122° EF.GHI .

A = The name of the last coal-fired passenger steamship in operation in the United States.  Use the fourth letter in this animal's name.

B = This actor's home town is Chelsea. He owns a theater and still lives there as he’s married to his high school sweetheart.  Use the first letter of this actor's surname and add 3.

C = The trademarked name for a fluorescent sodalite-rich syenite.  Use the eighth letter in the name of this rock and subtract 7.

D = What is the name of the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere?  Use the third letter in the name and add 1.

E = The name of the stone that's rock and a fossil, often pebble-shaped, that is composed of a Hexagonaria percarinata.  Use the sixth letter of its name and subtract 8.

F = A geared, steam locomotive that originated and was primarily used in North America. The last letter of the man's first name that patented it and subtract 4.

G = The hand-like shape of the lower part of this state gave it a nickname.  What is it?  Use the fifth letter of this item and subtract 5.

H =  Michigan has the most number of these and White Shoal Light is the tallest of those in the Great Lakes.  The number of letters for this word in its singular form and subtract 8.

I = The name of the last windmill to leave the Netherlands is an original 250-year-old Dutch windmill in the United States.  Use the first letter of the first word.

Congratulations to DiscGolfBirdie for her FTF!

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Unatvat. Cnexvat vf ninvynoyr ba gur fbhgu fvqr bs gur ebnq.

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)