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The Sisters (New Zealand)

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On the left is Rangatira, and in the distance in the middle of photograph "The Pyramid" (Tarakoikoia)
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The Sisters from Cape Young, which is 20 km (12 mi) south east of The Sisters
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is a group of three main islands located 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of
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Moriori; The Trustees of the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust; The Crown.
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because it supports Buller's albatrosses and northern giant petrels.
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The islands have the second largest breeding colony of the
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Māori
Moriori


43°33′53″S 176°48′29″W / 43.5647°S 176.808°W / -43.5647; -176.808
Chatham Islands
New Zealand
Cape Pattison, Chatham Island
Chatham Archipelago
South Island
Big Sister
Middle Sister
Little Sister
1954 Chatham Islands expedition


northern royal albatross
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
white-fronted tern
Important Bird Area

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