| Chancellor Hut | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe, West Coast Region, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 43°30′37″S 170°06′31″E / 43.51028°S 170.10861°E |
| Completed | January 1931 |
| Designated | 7 July 1993 |
| Reference no. | 5479 |
Chancellor Hut is an alpine hut in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It is located on the Chancellor Ridge near the edge of a cliff, 200 metres (660 ft) above the Fox Glacier, at an altitude of 1,260 metres (4,130 ft) above sea level in the Westland Tai Poutini National Park.[1][2][3] The hut was built between 1930 and 1931, and is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 2 historic place. It is the oldest hut in the Southern Alps still on its original site.[4] It is rectangular in plan, 7.4 by 3.4 metres (24 by 11 ft), has timber-frame walls clad with corrugated iron and a gabled corrugated iron roof. Inside, the hut has tongue and groove timber flooring, with two cooking benches in the main room with a door leading to the bunk room with 12 bunks.[4][3]
Kea and non-native chamois may be seen in the vicinity of the hut. Also visible from the hut are the highest peaks of the Southern Alps.[5]
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- ^ "Place name detail: Chancellor Ridge". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Chancellor Hut". Department of Conservation. Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Chancellor Hut". Heritage New Zealand. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Hall, Alistair (1 May 2013). "Changes at Chancellor". Wilderness Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.