The Sisters (New Zealand)

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The Sisters
The Sisters (top left, circled in red) northwest of Chatham Island
The Sisters (top left, circled in red) northwest of Chatham Island
Waters South pacific
archipelago Chatham Islands
Geographical location 43 ° 34 ′  S , 176 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 34 ′  S , 176 ° 48 ′  W
The Sisters (New Zealand) (New Zealand Outlying Islands)
The Sisters (New Zealand)
Number of islands 3
Main island Big Sister Island
Total land area 0.20 km²
Residents uninhabited
Map of the Chatham Islands, "The Sisters" in the far northwest
Map of the Chatham Islands, "The Sisters" in the far northwest

The Sisters (Moriori: Rangitatahi , dt "The Sisters.") Are a group of small, rocky islands in the archipelago of to New Zealand belonging Chatham Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean .

geography

The islands are located 27 km northwest of Cape Young , the northernmost point of the main island of Chatham Island , and thus represent the northernmost landmass of the Chatham Islands. The Sisters consists of three islands:

  • Big Sister (Rangitatahi, 7.7 acres)
  • Middle Sister (Te Awanui, 4.8 hectares)
  • Little Sister (to the east, 7.3 acres)

fauna

The remote islands are an important breeding area for seabirds , especially for the Northern King Albatross ( Diomedea sanfordi ), whose world's largest populations are here and on the Forty-Fours archipelago .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Sisters (Rangitatahi) . Land Information New Zealand , accessed September 18, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Northern Royal Albatross - BirdLife Species Factsheet 2008 (English)