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1640:Winter room
1620:Twynham hut
1593:Quonset hut
1255:Earth lodge
1129:Alpine huts
588:, Argentina
572:, Argentina
409:Julian Alps
391:Switzerland
301:New Zealand
128:Roman roads
60:Alpine Club
36:Ötztal Alps
1708:Tree house
1605:Romney hut
1588:Nissen hut
1578:Hopper hut
1517:Beach fale
1375:Roundhouse
1201:(Nipa hut)
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695:Horse Camp
466:Karkonosze
191:or in the
136:hospitales
84:refuge hut
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1698:Thatching
1568:Beach hut
1425:Zemlyanka
1405:Tongkonan
1395:Sod house
1345:Pit-house
1305:Log cabin
881:Log cabin
485:Enontekiö
368:Dolomites
201:Ben Nevis
189:Snowdonia
105:in 1889.
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1765:Category
1737:Category
1615:Slab hut
1610:Rondavel
1583:Iris hut
1573:Hexayurt
1509:Open-air
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1370:Rondavel
1365:Quinzhee
1205:Barabara
1185:shelters
1181:dwelling
1059:AMC huts
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570:Tronador
447:Ivancica
432:Slovakia
413:Slovenia
258:Slovakia
252:Slovakia
246:mattress
205:Scotland
114:The Alps
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863:bivacco
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543:Trieste
508:Austria
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1561:Modern
1552:Toguna
1547:Ramada
1537:Palapa
1532:Gazebo
1522:Cabana
1410:Trullo
1400:Sukkah
1355:Qarmaq
1320:Mitato
1310:Maloca
1270:Goahti
1250:Dugout
1245:Crotto
1225:Burdei
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470:Poland
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228:Poland
215:Norway
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56:hikers
1673:Shack
1472:Lavvu
1415:Tukul
1350:Qargi
1300:Kapar
1295:Jacal
1290:Igloo
1280:Humpy
1275:Hogan
1265:Girna
1260:Funco
1235:Cleit
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1693:Tent
1678:Shed
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