The Brothers (New Zealand)
The Brothers ( Māori Nga Whatu ) is a group of two small rocky islands and other cliffs in the Cook Strait in New Zealand off the east coast of Arapawa Island . Administratively it belongs to the Marlborough region .
On the 66 m high island of North Brother Island (4 ha) the rare bridge lizard Sphenodon guentheri occurs, which is called in English after this island Brothers Island tuatara . At the top of this island is a lighthouse, Brothers Island Lighthouse .
The islands have been registered as Wahi Tapu by the Department of Conservation since 2008 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nga Whatu. In: New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero . Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga , February 14, 2008, accessed September 23, 2019 .
Coordinates: 41 ° 6 ′ 51 ″ S , 174 ° 25 ′ 57 ″ E