An armchair puzzle that will take you to a bucket list of places I'd like to see (or have already done so).Your balloon launches from Central London (N51 30.481,E00 00.000) and you catch the westerly (and freakishly N/S) winds for your journey around the world. At each stop you'll have to make note of some data that will be used in the end to calculate the location of the final cache the location of which is sure to be a huge let down after all the exciting places you've seen.
In your log, I'd be interested to know how many of the sights you have seen. So far, it's 36 for me. Your journey will take you 115,321.5 miles all from the comfort of your home. So get out the hot chocolate , or port, or comfort drink of your choice and enjoy your tour. Don't forget to keep track of the information. Once you have all the data, add all your answers together an enter that total into Certitude to reveal the cache location.
Note: Wikipedia is constantly changing. Let me know if you get stuck.
1) 51.134129, 1.357802 - How many miles wide is this place?
2) 48.804611, 2.121284 - What is the length (feet) of the facade at this place?
3) 41.403517, 2.174377 - What year was this place consecrated?
4) 48.858250, 2.294535 - How tall to the tip (feet) is this place?
5) 48.860364, 2.338717 - What year was this place established?
6) 45.976470, 7.658441 - What is the elevation (feet) of this place?
7) 43.722913, 10.396654 - What year was this place completed?
8) 47.557458, 10.749672 - What year was this place completed?
9) 45.434039, 12.338161 - How many islands make up this place?
10) 41.902159, 12.453754 - What year was this place consecrated?
11) 41.890178, 12.492059 - What was the average audience in this place?
12) 37.750879, 14.993477 - What is the isolation (miles) of this place?
13) 37.971495, 23.726644 - What year was this place completely decorated?
14) -17.924506, 25.856034 - What is the height (feet) at the center of this place?
15) 41.008551, 28.980024 - What year was this place completed?
16) 41.011503, 28.983279 - What year was this place opened as a museum?
17) 29.979594, 31.134564 - What is the ancient height (feet) of the structure found at this place?
18) 22.336859, 31.625515 - What year was the salvage of this place begun?
19) 25.718806, 32.657142 - How many 10 meter columns are found at this place?
20) -2.333305, 34.833597 - What year was this place established?
21) -3.067446, 37.355836 - What is the elevation (feet) of this place?
22) 55.752023, 37.617303 - What year was the original build of this place completed?
23) 55.752487, 37.622954 - What year was this place consecrated?
24) 21.422354, 39.826166 - What is the elevation (feet) of this place?
25) 25.141259, 55.185235 - What is the height (feet) of this place?
26) 25.196857, 55.274239 - What is the height (feet) to the tip of this place?
27) 27.175006, 78.042002 - What is the height (feet) of this place?
28) 27.987824, 86.924786 - What the elevation (feet) of this place?
29) 29.655182, 91.118653 - What year was the original fortress at this place built?
30) 3.157672, 101.711876 - What is the height (feet) to the tip of this place?
31) 13.412428, 103.866840 - What year did a monk from Portugal first visit this place?
32) 34.384049, 109.278481 - What year was this place discovered?
33) -7.608032, 110.203826 - How many relief panels are at this place?
34) 22.253969, 113.904923 - What does the object at this place weigh (metric tons)?
35) -8.311316, 115.150243 - What is the area (Sq. miles) of this place?
36) 39.916335, 116.397088 - What is the East to West width (feet) of this place?
37) 40.431929, 116.564317 - What is the size (miles) of this place?
38) 16.923820, 121.055735 - What is the year of independence of this place?
39) -25.346191, 131.035234 - What the elevation (feet) of this place?
40) 35.360362, 138.727673 - What is the prominence (feet) of this place?
41) -18.414227, 147.624720 - How many islands are found at this place?
42) -33.857033, 151.215224 - What is the width (feet) of this place?
43) 21.363592, -157.951411 - What year was the base at this place established?
44) -16.501153, -151.736900 - What is the highest (feet) point of this place?
45) 63.069063, -151.006989 - What is the lower prominence number listed (feet) of this place?
46) 37.826761, -122.422932 - What year did the famous escape from this place occur?
47) 47.620453, -122.349385 - How tall (feet) is this place? (When in doubt, use the largest value)
48) 37.843961, -119.531924 - What is the height (feet) of the highest point at this place?
49) 34.134036, -118.321728 - What is the original number of letters at this place?
50) 36.106696, -115.173014 - What year lights dimmed for Elvis at this place?
51) 36.385921, -112.569181 - What is the long-axis length (miles) of this place?
52) 44.407666, -110.592697 - What year was this place established?
53) -27.116184, -109.354670 - How far (miles) is the nearest neighbor of this place?
54) 43.878874, -103.459013 - How many images are found at this place?
55) -0.719788, -90.962594 - How many islands comprise this place?
56) 38.624497, -90.185040 - What is the height (feet) of this place occur?
57) 20.682869, -88.568522 - How many terraces are found at this place?
58) 37.883187, -85.965475 - What year was this place completed?
59) 28.419504, -81.581330 - What year was this project this place announced?
60) 9.095425, -79.684932 - What year was this place first used?
61) 43.642504, -79.386972 - What is the height (feet) of roof at this place?
62) 43.077984, -79.075604 - What is the total height (feet) of the feature at this place?
63) 38.870971, -77.056170 - What year did an earthquake shake this place?
64) 38.897576, -77.036650 - What is the street number of the structure at this place?
65) 40.689209, -74.044572 - What year was the item at this place dedicated?
66) 40.748449, -73.985668 - What is the height (feet) at the tip of the structure at this place?
67) -13.163308, -72.544907 - What is the "height" (feet) of the structure at this place?
68) 44.967916, -65.689874 - What year did a raid at Saint John occur at this place?
69) -2.568473, -63.173169 - When did the first European travel the length of the river found at this place?
70) 5.969573, -62.535914 - What is the total height (feet) of the feature found at this place?
71) -25.695598, -54.436554 - How many drops are found at this place?
72) -22.951916, -43.210448 - What is the height of the statue found at this place?
73) 14.837909, -17.233841 - What is the surface area (Sq. miles) of the feature at this place?
74) 36.143927, -5.341771 - What is the elevation (feet) of the feature found at this place?
75) 57.315548, -4.431133 - What is the average depth (feet) of the feature found at this place?
76) 37.176027, -3.588147 - What year was this place converted into a palace?
77) 51.178798, -1.826232 - What year was this place designated a heritage site?
78) 48.635689, -1.511297 - What is the highest elevation (feet) found at this place?
79) 51.501237, -0.141847 - How tall (feet) is this place?
80) 51.508006, -0.075949 - What year was this place rebuilt?
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