Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

1.6k · May 4, 2012

Most African finds:

1. iPajero: 6213

2. Danie Viljoen: 2952

3. cache-fan: 2944

4. cownchicken: 2884

4. Tricky Vicky & Mickey: 2884

6. Louise_Gerhard: ?

7. rodnjoan: 2620

8. Leon St: 2347

9. MadSons: 2318

10. Antron: 2303

1.6k · May 4, 2012

Most African finds in the year 2 May 2011 to 1 May 2012:

1. iPajero: 2015

2. rodnjoan: 1236

3. MadSons: 1208

4. Danie Viljoen: 1163

5. B and C Inc: 1116

1.6k · May 4, 2012

Fastest cachers, over their whole career:

1. MadSons: 2313 finds in 1.60 years, average: 3.95 finds/day

2. pannie&medusae: 1061 finds in 0.86 years, average: 3.39 finds/day

3. iPajero: 6310 finds in 5.46 years, average: 3.16 finds/day

4. B and C Inc: 1946 finds in 1.95 years, average: 2.73 finds/day

5. Gringer1: 777 finds in 0.63 years, average: 3.36 finds/day

(I only considered cachers who have been active for more than 6 months.)

1.6k · May 4, 2012

Fastest 2000 African finds:

There are currently 16 cachers who have found more than 2000 caches in Africa. Their fastest 2000 finds are:

1. iPajero: 243 days

2. MadSons: 291 days

3. Leon St: 702 days

4. Danie Viljoen: 743 days

5. gerhardoosMPsa: 967 days

6. rodnjoan: 972 days

7. Happy Hunters SA: 990 days

8. Antron: 1288 days

9. Wormgeocash: 1303 days

10. Wazat: 1356 days

11. cache-fan: 1470 days

12. Tricky Vicky & Mickey: 1532 days

13. cownchicken: 1757 days

14. RedGlobe: 1849 days

15. Fish Eagle: 2059 days

16. battlerat and pussycat: 2144 days

1.6k · May 4, 2012

Fastest 1000 finds in Africa:

There are currently 53 cachers who have found more than 1000 African caches. The fastest 10 are:

1. iPajero: 20 days

2. MadSons: 93 days

3. Happy Hunters SA: 130 days

4. B and C Inc: 174 days

5. Wazat: 179 days

6. Leon St: 190 days

7. rodnjoan: 208 days

8. gerhardoosMPsa: 215 days

9. BAKGAT: 225 days

10. Danie Viljoen: 227 days

1.6k · May 5, 2012

Danie, this is interesting to see, but thinking into this, my 1000 came over 179 days, which is the number of days between the first one and the 1000th cache. But of them 179' how many days were actual caching days.

In other words what kind of stats I am looking at are the fastest 1000 caches to number of actual caching days to reach them. Perhaps also looking at the same for 2000, 3000, and 4000 and iPajero-000

1.6k · May 5, 2012

But of them 179' how many days were actual caching days.

Mmm, that would be interesting, but I don't know how to do this. DamhuisClan?

1.6k · May 8, 2012

Currently 4.7 new caches are published in South Africa per day on average, and 1.8 is archived per day.

At this rate we should reach 10000 caches on 26 May 2012.

Edited May 8, 2012 by Danie Viljoen

1.6k · May 9, 2012

Oldest unfound South African caches:

1. GC1AT7D Boegoeberg Rocks: 4.12 years

2. GC23C74 Gx cache: 2.28 years

3. GC27MYJ Krakedouw blockhouse: 2.02 years

4. GC2JG2C Bloukop - Blue Hill: 1.45 years

5. GC2K47K Red Star: 1.41 years

6. GC2PJZN The Xeni Scramble: 1.18 years

7. GC2RNBH Modern Art Projects South-Africa: 1.08 years

8. GC2V41A 2Kayz: 1.03 years

9. GC2V432 Zulu Falls: 1.02 years

10. GC2V443 Sapphire Pool: 1.02 years

Least found (active) South African caches:

1. GCF9FC Just Climb It: 4.53 years/find

2. GC17X73 Radical pools: 4.40 years/find

3. GC1BWFF Towercache: 4.37 years/find

4. GC1902T Ivory Trail - Camp Ntomeni: 4.27 years/find

5. GCJN7F Getowerdekop: 4.18 years/find

6. GC1BTAW Dam wall view: 4.01 years/find

7. GCKZ2P All the way down Moorfield: 3.75 years/find

8. GC1GA7A Lagoon View: 3.66 years/find

9. GC1GB7M Takazi Waterfall: 3.66 years/find

10. GC1GW2G Mbanyane Falls: 3.59 years/find

1.6k · May 9, 2012

South African caches with the most waypoints:

1. GC2Z1JG Walkabout Rhodes: 26 waypoints

2. GCZ1B1 QFC Break-up Scavenger Rally: 25 waypoints

3. GCTAA2 Dassie Cache: 23 waypoints

4. GC1M30G Urban Art - The Second Instalment: 19 waypoints

5. GCYEKX Project 2010 - Soccer City: 15 waypoints

1.6k · May 10, 2012

Most African caches planted during the last year:

1. louwtjievdw: 90

2. TechnoNut: 77

3. timmo1977: 65

4. GEO936: 64

5. NotBlonde: 63

6. Fish Eagle: 46

7. Wazat: 40

8. Happy Hunters SA: 38

9. jonoafrica: 34

10. ThomasfamilyZA: 32

1.6k · May 10, 2012

Longest unfound South African caches:

iPajero found Boegoeberg Rocks (currently the oldest FTF in South Africa) yesterday. The following South African caches (none of which are FTFs) have been without any finds for the longest period:

1.  GCHB5H  Facing the Knife Edge, Montagu     Western Cape: 6.2 years
2.  GCHB5J  Bald Ibis Heights, Montagu	       Western Cape: 6.2 years
3.  GCHB5K  Beyond the Great Mystery, Montagu  Western Cape: 6.2 years
4.  GCT60Y  Five Tibetans                      Western Cape: 5.3 years
5.  GCD994  Uitkyk Kop	                       Western Cape: 4.6 years
6.  GCTP9F  De Bruin Dam                       Eastern Cape: 4.6 years
7.  GC16KQ6 Croc	                       Limpopo:	     4.4 years
8.  GCRD0N  Mazeppa Bay	                       Eastern Cape: 4.3 years
9.  GCYMH6  Majubasnek	                       Eastern Cape: 4.2 years
10. GCQ2D2  Smithfield	                       Free State:   4.2 years

May 17, 2012

Hi everyone

I would like to know how many cachers (regardless whether active or not) are registered in SA.

The stats you do are amazing, it is obvious how much effort you put in it!

Thanks and regards

Lene

1.6k · May 17, 2012

I would like to know how many cachers (regardless whether active or not) are registered in SA.

This is often asked, and the simple answer is that it is unfortunately not possible to determine this from the available data. The cachers' origin is not part of the available data (and many do not even list it on their profile.) The best I can do is to answer that 8062 cachers have found at least one South African cache up to now. (This number includes tourists.)

4.2k · May 17, 2012

I would like to know how many cachers (regardless whether active or not) are registered in SA.

This is often asked, and the simple answer is that it is unfortunately not possible to determine this from the available data. The cachers' origin is not part of the available data (and many do not even list it on their profile.) The best I can do is to answer that 8062 cachers have found at least one South African cache up to now. (This number includes tourists.)

I wonder if Groundspeak could not answer that if requested?

Would one of the reviewers perhaps have contact to a "specialist" at Groundspeak that Danie could approach as our "unofficial" stats-guru?

4.2k · May 17, 2012

Another way - is this - but this only includes cachers who List "SA" as home AND have found at least 200 caches! There have been 286 cachers listing SA as home to date who have found at least 200 caches.

Link to Cacher Stats - South Africa

I guess you could multiply this by 5 or 6 to get a full list?

Edited May 17, 2012 by Carbon Hunter

May 17, 2012

Thanks a lot for the help! Interesting stuff :smile:

1.6k · May 18, 2012

Most found African caches:

The following caches have been found the most during the year 16 May 2011 to 15 May 2012:

1.  GC2C5PN - Makadi Bay,	               Team Heyder,	Egypt:	      179 finds
2.  GC31WXR - Table Mountain Travel Bug Hotel, CapeDoc,	        South Africa: 165 finds
3.  GC2GG2C - Nobel  Square,	               Cape Trio,	South Africa: 164 finds
4.  GC2X329 - Stellenbosch TB Lodge,	       Hesamati,	South Africa: 147 finds
5.  GCMYYZ  - Table Top Trove,	               Richter Family,  South Africa: 143 finds
6.  GC2AA8R - SS: RMS Athens,	               paddawan,	South Africa: 131 finds
7.  GC2FX23 - College of knowledge,	       jayyid sayyad,	Egypt:	      130 finds
8.  GC2N1V3 - Doc Craven & Bliksem,	       Hesamati,	South Africa: 120 finds
9.  GC2PRT9 - Marrakech - La Koutoubia,	       Paulo_Domingues, Morocco:      119 finds
10. GC2EGK8 - Giftun,	                       I3oris,	        Egypt:	      118 finds

1.6k · May 18, 2012

During the year 16 May 2011 to 15 May 2012, 125049 finds have been logged on African caches by 7769 cachers, for an average of 16 finds/cacher/year.

Of these 7769 cachers, the following have been the most active:

1. iPajero	 2046 finds
2. rodnjoan	 1241 finds
3. MadSons	 1179 finds
4. Danie Viljoen 1160 finds
5. B and C Inc	 1111 finds

50% of the total number of finds were done by the top 160 cachers (2% of the total).

80% of the total number of finds were done by the top 1001 cachers (13% of the total).

Edited May 18, 2012 by Danie Viljoen

1.6k · May 18, 2012

Gauteng Power Series statistics:

Of the 655 caches in the series, 30 have been archived, and a further 33 are currently unfindable.

There have been a total of 23925 finds by 305 cachers up to now, for an average of 36.5 finds per cache, 78.4 finds per cacher, and 78.6 finds/day

The most found cache in the series is GPS - Solidarity, with 72 finds.

The cache with the most favourite points is GPS Always Christmas, with 5.

1.6k · May 18, 2012

Longest South African cache listings:

1.  GC2WZGQ  Shifting Sands, Wind, Waves and Waterbodies:	74405 characters
2.  GC2520Q  Gardens Puzzler 2:	                                68608 characters
3.  GC22VWQ  Pristine:	                                        52090 characters
4.  GC1CX5P  Tonteldoos XI Machadodorp - Gold, Battles, Kruger: 43946 characters
5.  GC33PME  Enjoy the Shade:	                                40400 characters
6.  GC2GPZ1  Chilean Mine Rescue:	                        39972 characters
7.  GC205FZ  Jagersfontein Big Hole:	                        35650 characters
8.  GC24DQ5  AVATAR:	                                        34663 characters
9.  GC1CWN8  Spanish Fugitive:	                                34296 characters
10. GC1YZN0  Paarl Rock:	                                33738 characters

(The median length is 809 characters, which means that the longest listing is 85 times the length of the median!)

Edited May 18, 2012 by Danie Viljoen

May 18, 2012

Longest South African cache listings:

1.  GC2WZGQ  Shifting Sands, Wind, Waves and Waterbodies:	74405 characters
2.  GC2520Q  Gardens Puzzler 2:	                                68608 characters
3.  GC22VWQ  Pristine:	                                        52090 characters
4.  GC1CX5P  Tonteldoos XI Machadodorp - Gold, Battles, Kruger: 43946 characters
5.  GC33PME  Enjoy the Shade:	                                40400 characters
6.  GC2GPZ1  Chilean Mine Rescue:	                        39972 characters
7.  GC205FZ  Jagersfontein Big Hole:	                        35650 characters
8.  GC24DQ5  AVATAR:	                                        34663 characters
9.  GC1CWN8  Spanish Fugitive:	                                34296 characters
10. GC1YZN0  Paarl Rock:	                                33738 characters

(The median length is 809 characters, which means that the longest listing is 85 times the length of the median!)

This stat seems to count the number of characters in the HTML file rather than the actual number of characters in the cache listing. I had a look at the "longest" cache listing - it's only about 11,000 characters long, but there are large chunks of superfluous HTML code that pushes the character count up to over 70,000. Somehow I don't think there is a way to easily count the number of characters in the actual cache text... but hopefully I'm wrong!

Edit: I'm probably wrong: how would you even define the character count in Gardens Puzzler 2? Lots of code to make the crossword, which results in a very "short" listing.

Edited May 18, 2012 by besem

May 21, 2012

Longest South African cache listings:
1.  GC2WZGQ  Shifting Sands, Wind, Waves and Waterbodies:	74405 characters
2.  GC2520Q  Gardens Puzzler 2:	                                68608 characters
3.  GC22VWQ  Pristine:	                                        52090 characters
4.  GC1CX5P  Tonteldoos XI Machadodorp - Gold, Battles, Kruger: 43946 characters
5.  GC33PME  Enjoy the Shade:	                                40400 characters
6.  GC2GPZ1  Chilean Mine Rescue:	                        39972 characters
7.  GC205FZ  Jagersfontein Big Hole:	                        35650 characters
8.  GC24DQ5  AVATAR:	                                        34663 characters
9.  GC1CWN8  Spanish Fugitive:	                                34296 characters
10. GC1YZN0  Paarl Rock:	                                33738 characters
(The median length is 809 characters, which means that the longest listing is 85 times the length of the median!)
This stat seems to count the number of characters in the HTML file rather than the actual number of characters in the cache listing. I had a look at the "longest" cache listing - it's only about 11,000 characters long, but there are large chunks of superfluous HTML code that pushes the character count up to over 70,000. Somehow I don't think there is a way to easily count the number of characters in the actual cache text... but hopefully I'm wrong!

Edit: I'm probably wrong: how would you even define the character count in Gardens Puzzler 2? Lots of code to make the crossword, which results in a very "short" listing.

In today's age of paperless caching our GPS' seem to have a problems with such long listings. Neither the Montana 650 or the Garmin 550 caters for so many characters. We did an earthcache yesterday and fortunately before we set off checked to see if we could read the questions. Needless to say we had to right them down!

4.2k · May 21, 2012

In today's age of paperless caching our GPS' seem to have a problems with such long listings. Neither the Montana 650 or the Garmin 550 caters for so many characters. We did an earthcache yesterday and fortunately before we set off checked to see if we could read the questions. Needless to say we had to right them down!

A very common problem.

I think smart phones are a little better. But a solution to EC developers (thanks to Zambesiboy) - write the questions at the top of your EC listijng - then cache foinders do not end with this problem.

May 26, 2012

Currently 4.7 new caches are published in South Africa per day on average, and 1.8 is archived per day.

At this rate we should reach 10000 caches on 26 May 2012.

Hi Danie.... what is the number today - the 26th May 2012? Tx

4.2k · May 26, 2012

Currently 4.7 new caches are published in South Africa per day on average, and 1.8 is archived per day.

At this rate we should reach 10000 caches on 26 May 2012.

Hi Danie.... what is the number today - the 26th May 2012? Tx

Only 7247 Active caches in SA - not sure of total.

1.6k · May 26, 2012

Hi Danie.... what is the number today - the 26th May 2012? Tx

9984

May 29, 2012

I set an intention a while back to find every cache on Table Mountain. That used to be a fairly modest goal. However, now with the publication of AndyT1's matrix challenge caches (5 x 5 and The Full Matrix), both on top of Table Mountain, the goal has expanded from a modest local endeavour to a country-spanning mission...

Not sure if this info is readily accessible via other means (GSAK or something?) but here's the difficulty/terrain matrix for South Africa, late May 2012:

(Same info here in HTML, with links to the rare D/T combination caches.)

If you start from scratch, with no finds, from a cache here in Cape Town, and move on to the closest cache with a D/T combo you haven't yet found, and proceed in this fashion, after doing 81 caches and returning home, you'll have travelled more than 3500km.

Similar journeys (finding 81 caches for the sole purpose of completing your matrix):

* starting from Joburg - round trip 4800km.

* from Durban - 4400km.

* from the only D5,T4 cache - 3390km.

Well done to the few who have completed this!

4.2k · June 5, 2012

Currently 4.7 new caches are published in South Africa per day on average, and 1.8 is archived per day.

At this rate we should reach 10000 caches on 26 May 2012.

Hi Danie.... what is the number today - the 26th May 2012? Tx

Only 7247 Active caches in SA - not sure of total.

Can anyone do a query on the number of caches in african countries so we can rank them on number of caches per country in Africa?

June 5, 2012

As before, D/T matrix for South Africa.

And now, D/T matrix per province.

1.6k · June 5, 2012

Can anyone do a query on the number of caches in african countries so we can rank them on number of caches per country in Africa?

1.  South Africa  7252
2.  Egypt	   200
3.  Namibia	   182
4.  Morocco	    75
5.  Tunisia	    67
6.  Swaziland	    61
7.  Tanzania	    58
8.  Kenya	    55
9.  Zimbabwe	    53
10. Reunion	    49
11. Mauritius	    45
12. Botswana	    39
13. Cape Verde	    35
14. Mozambique	    33
15. Seychelles	    29
16. Uganda	    26
17. Zambia	    25
18. Angola	    18
19. Djibouti	    14
19. Gambia	    14
19. Lesotho	    14
22. Senegal	    13
23. Ethiopia	    12
24. Algeria	    11
24. Ghana	    11
24. Libya	    11
27. Malawi	     9
28. Mali	     8
29. Mauritania	     7
29. Nigeria	     7
31. Madagascar	     6
32. Cameroon	     5
32. Congo	     5
34. Niger	     4
34. Saint Helena     4
34. Sudan	     4
37. Burkina Faso     3
37. Rwanda	     3
37. Sao Tome & Principe 3
37. South Sudan	     3
41. Benin	     2
41. Gabon	     2
41. Sierra Leone     2
44. Burundi	     1
44. Chad	     1
44. Comoros	     1
44. D.R.C.	     1
44. Equatorial Guinea 1
44. Eritrea	     1
44. Somalia	     1
44. Togo	     1

4.2k · June 6, 2012

Thanks Danie.

I knew there was a disparity, but a large drop off in caches after the top 20 odd.

So with 51 listed here - and two excluded (Reunion as part of France and Saint Helena as part of UK) only 49 of the 54 official countries represented.

So space for a few more countries to be added.

4.2k · June 6, 2012

Also interesting - there are a few caches in the Spanish cities of Melilla and Ceuta that do not show up in this list.

also Maderia and Canary Islands are usually classed as part of Africa too (but belong to Portugal and Spain respectively) - also a single cache WS Cache is actually in Western Sahara, but indicated as Morocco (as are a few in the city of Melilla.

1.6k · June 8, 2012

The 10000th cache in South Africa was published on 3 June 2012: Tranquility, by surreptitious007.

(73% of all the caches are still active: 7253)

June 8, 2012

Can anyone do a query on the number of caches in african countries so we can rank them on number of caches per country in Africa?

1.  South Africa  7252
2.  Egypt	   200
3.  Namibia	   182
4.  Morocco	    75
5.  Tunisia	    67
6.  Swaziland	    61
7.  Tanzania	    58
8.  Kenya	    55
9.  Zimbabwe	    53
10. Reunion	    49
11. Mauritius	    45
12. Botswana	    39
13. Cape Verde	    35
14. Mozambique	    33
15. Seychelles	    29
16. Uganda	    26
17. Zambia	    25
18. Angola	    18
19. Djibouti	    14
19. Gambia	    14
19. Lesotho	    14
22. Senegal	    13
23. Ethiopia	    12
24. Algeria	    11
24. Ghana	    11
24. Libya	    11
27. Malawi	     9
28. Mali	     8
29. Mauritania	     7
29. Nigeria	     7
31. Madagascar	     6
32. Cameroon	     5
32. Congo	     5
34. Niger	     4
34. Saint Helena     4
34. Sudan	     4
37. Burkina Faso     3
37. Rwanda	     3
37. Sao Tome & Principe 3
37. South Sudan	     3
41. Benin	     2
41. Gabon	     2
41. Sierra Leone     2
44. Burundi	     1
44. Chad	     1
44. Comoros	     1
44. D.R.C.	     1
44. Equatorial Guinea 1
44. Eritrea	     1
44. Somalia	     1
44. Togo	     1

With Sawasawa in Kenya I am keen to see the position of Kenya in this list. Currently in 8th position I reckon even 4th position could even be challenged! Come on Chris we are watching......

4.2k · June 8, 2012

And I assume one or two more in zim before you head North West?

July 1, 2012

Most caches planted in Africa (excluding South Africa):

1. kokoscoot: 25

2. nam_gecko: 22

3. Dersachensucher: 21

4. jojo.van: 19

5. atorrigi: 17

6. greenmealie: 16

7. Col123: 15

8. anneremco: 14

9. Ducky and Mucky: 12

10. arthur974: 11

10. Carbon Hunter: 11

10. friedelfindus: 11

July 1, 2012

please can we have an update on these stats Thanks

Most caches planted in Africa (excluding South Africa):

1. kokoscoot: 25

2. nam_gecko: 22

3. Dersachensucher: 21

4. jojo.van: 19

5. atorrigi: 17

6. greenmealie: 16

7. Col123: 15

8. anneremco: 14

9. Ducky and Mucky: 12

10. arthur974: 11

10. Carbon Hunter: 11

10. friedelfindus: 11

July 10, 2012

Average log length

Is there any way of determining average log length by SA province? I have a gut feeling that CT cachers write the longest (and best) logs, but don't have a way of measuring this.

Perhaps examine all Found logs over the last (say) twelve months, by Province and get the average length.

I know that this can be skewed by visiting cachers from other countries / provinces, but it will be a good measure of which caches get the longest logs.

It may also be an idea to split this byt D/T of less than 3/3 and D/T of 3.5/3.5 and greater.

Danie / Anton ???

Peter

July 16, 2012

And I assume one or two more in zim before you head North West?

Yup - I have dropped a few .... waiting for publication..... now we have to add some in New Hampshire - a bit sparse in our area..... Watch this space......

July 16, 2012

And I assume one or two more in zim before you head North West?

Yup - I have dropped a few .... waiting for publication..... now we have to add some in New Hampshire - a bit sparse in our area..... Watch this space......

Well we don't need much inducement to visit you in your new home - but a few (more) caches will be nice . . . :laughing:

1.6k · July 26, 2012

Highest cache densities:

The 10km radius with the most caches in Africa is centered around GC2KEXB Doringkloof Park (Centurion) with 584 caches.

For Africa excluding South Africa, it is GC23D4M O Pastor do Poiso (Madeira) with 151 caches.

For continental Africa excluding South Africa: GC13QB5 In Memory Of (Windhoek, Namibia), with 45 neighbours within 10km.

Gauteng: GC2KEXB Doringkloof Park (Centurion): 584 caches

Western Cape: GC3CB63 Copse Descent (Cape Town): 396 caches

KZN: GC37QDM TN's Teasers - The Pinecrest Perplexer (Pinetown): 261 caches

Free State: GC3D475 Don't Dare To Dump (Bloemfontein): 259 caches

Mpumalanga: GCW4H2 Love is... (Nelspruit): 129 caches

Eastern Cape: GC2FRJX Graffiti (P.E.): 102 caches

North West: GC15W4R Eugene Marais: 57 caches

Limpopo: GC17C8A Slip a Slide River (Magoebaskloof): 32 caches

Northern Cape: GC2G40C Vaalharts Water Cache (Vaalharts): 14 caches

4.2k · July 27, 2012

please can we have an update on these stats Thanks

Most caches planted in Africa (excluding South Africa):

1. kokoscoot: 25

2. nam_gecko: 22

3. Dersachensucher: 21

4. jojo.van: 19

5. atorrigi: 17

6. greenmealie: 16

7. Col123: 15

8. anneremco: 14

9. Ducky and Mucky: 12

10. arthur974: 11

10. Carbon Hunter: 11

10. friedelfindus: 11

I can see some new names just rearing to be added. Brilliant to see the cache explosion in Zim - looking forward to getting there sometime to find a few. Sorry - I dont have the skills to update the list.

July 27, 2012

Highest cache densities:

Northern Cape: GC2G40C Vaalharts Water Cache (Vaalharts): 14 caches

We enjoyed doing a few of these - THANKS to the Vaalharts/Jan Kempdorp cachers!

Have you ever determined which is the "most isolated" (ito distance) cache in SA?

1.6k · July 27, 2012

Most caches planted in Africa (excluding South Africa):

1.  luisftas:	        80
2.  lacruz18:	        61
3.  Dersachensucher:    52
4.  ricardomariagoncas: 40
5.  Teamnegativ:	38
6.  bacalhau:	        30
7.  johnsbar:	        28
8.  greenmealie:	27
9.  kokoscoot:	        26
10. nam_gecko:	        24

This list differs significantly from its predecessor, because I have now included the Canary Islands and Madeira.

1.6k · July 27, 2012

Have you ever determined which is the "most isolated" (ito distance) cache in SA?

I have, quite a while back. I'll recalculate and post it later.

The point farthest from any cache in Africa is N13 26.770 E23 47.545, in the west of Sudan, 961.9km from the nearest cache. To put this in perspective - it is the centre of a cacheless circle with an area more than twice the area of South Africa!

1.6k · July 27, 2012

Most isolated caches in South Africa:

GC2B1EJ - Nossob River (Northern Cape): 162.2km from its nearest neighbour

GC1V1G4 - Springbokpan (Northern Cape): 138.5km

GC2YNYV - Molopo River (North West): 124.7km

1.6k · July 27, 2012

Most isolated caches in Africa:

The most isolated cache in Africa is GC1G8QB - 'Jacob's Ladder', the only cache in St. Helena, 1291.3km from its nearest neighbour.

The most isolated cache in the continental Africa that I could find is GC21368 - Jacklinga's "Tom on Tour" in Libya, 720.2 from its nearest neighbour.

1.6k · July 27, 2012

Most caches planted in South Africa:

1.  louwtjievdw:  254
2.  Fish Eagle:	  236
3.  GEO936:	  179
4.  Wazat:	  176
5.  CrystalFairy: 166
6.  NotBlonde:	  143
7.  TechnoNut:	  130
8.  iPajero:	  129
8.  paddawan:	  129
10. SawaSawa:	  128

1.6k · August 17, 2012

Most caches found in Africa:

1.  iPajero:               6935
2.  Tricky Vicky & Mickey: 3039
3.  Danie Viljoen:         3026
4.  cache-fan:             3002
5.  cownchicken:           2991
6.  Louise_Gerhard:        2836
7.  rodnjoan:              2754
8.  Antron:                2446
9.  Leon St:               2440
10. MadSons:               2318

Statistics - bend it anyway you like!

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