The Brothers (New Zealand)
The largest island, showing the lighthouse and associated outbuildings
 The Brothers in a strong southerly. | |
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| Coordinates | 41°06′50″S 174°25′59″E / 41.114°S 174.433°E |
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| Population | 0 |
The Brothers is a group of small islands in Cook Strait, New Zealand, off the east coast of Arapaoa Island. It comprises two main islands and a number of smaller islets.
North Brother island in this small chain is a sanctuary for the rare reptile species, the Brothers Island tuatara and is the site of the Brothers Island Lighthouse. It is the type locality for a rare beetle, the Amychus granulatus, although it is possibly extinct there now.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Marris, John W. M.; Johnson, Paul J. (2010). "A revision of the New Zealand click beetle genus AmychusPascoe 1876 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Denticollinae) with a description of a new species from the Three Kings Islands". Zootaxa. 2331: 35–56. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
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Coordinates: 41°06′50″S 174°25′59″E / 41.114°S 174.433°E
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