The_Sisters_(New_Zealand)

The Sisters (New Zealand)

The Sisters (New Zealand)

Northernmost islands of the Chatham archipelago

The Sisters[lower-alpha 1] is a group of three main islands located 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Cape Pattison, Chatham Island. They are the northernmost members of the Chatham Archipelago, located 800 kilometres (497 mi) east of New Zealand's South Island.

Quick Facts Rangitatahi (Māori)Rakitchu (Moriori), Geography ...

The islands of the group are Big Sister (Rangitatahi proper[3]), Middle Sister (Te Awanui[3]) and Little Sister.

Fauna

Cape Young and The Sisters (Rangitatahi)

The islands have the second largest breeding colony of the northern royal albatross, and provide breeding sites for Buller's albatross, northern giant petrel, fairy prion, broad-billed prion, sooty shearwater, common diving petrel, grey-backed storm petrel, white-faced storm petrel, pitt shag, subantarctic skua, red-billed gull, and white-fronted tern.[3] The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports Buller's albatrosses and northern giant petrels.[4]

A species of stag beetle called Geodorcus sororum is endemic to the islands.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. Moriori: Rakitchu;[1] Māori: Rangitatahi or Rangitūtahi;[2] official name: The Sisters (Rangitatahi)[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Moriori; The Trustees of the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust; The Crown. "Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims" (PDF). Office of Treaty Settlements. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "NZGB Gazetteer | linz.govt.nz". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. [3]
    Government of New Zealand, Dept. of Conservation (1999) Chatham Islands Conservation Management Strategy. Accessed on 2012-07-13.
  4. [4]
    "Chatham Islands (The Sisters)". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  5. [5]
    Holloway, B.A. "Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)" (PDF). Landcare New Zealand. Landcare Research. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

43.5647°S 176.808°W / -43.5647; -176.808


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