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South Brother (Chagos Bank)
South
Brother
, also known as
Île
du
Sud
, is
a 23
ha
coral island
on the
Great Chagos Bank
atoll
of the
Chagos Archipelago
in the
British Indian Ocean Territory
. It is one of the three
islands
in the
Three Brothers
group on the
western
side of the atoll, and forms part of the
Chagos
Archipelago
strict nature reserve
. It has been
identified
as an
Important Bird Area
by
BirdLife International
because of its
significance
as a
breeding
site for seabirds, including
brown noddies
and
lesser noddies
.