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Adelaide Tarn hut

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Adelaide Tarn hut

Adelaide Tarn lies at over 1,200 metres in Kahurangi National Park. It is on a tramping route that starts at Lake Cobb, passes the Drunken Sailor and Dragon’s Teeth peaks, and emerges in the Aorere Valley, near Tākaka. The four-bunk hut is one of many provided by the Department of Conservation for trampers and hunters.

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Andy Dennis, Mountains – Mountains and New Zealand culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14330/adelaide-tarn-hut (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Andy Dennis, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.