Aspis Island

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Aspis Island
Organpipe Point (middle of the three headlands) with Aspis Island directly behind it
The organpipe Point (middle of the three headlands) with the directly underlying Aspis Iceland
Waters Hero Bay
Archipelago Dunbar Islands in the Archipelago of the South Shetland Islands
Geographical location 62 ° 28 ′  S , 60 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 28 ′  S , 60 ° 9 ′  W
Aspis Island (South Shetland Islands)
Aspis Island

Aspis Island is a small, up to 15 m high rock island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is the easternmost of the Dunbar Islands off the northeast coast of Livingston Island .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1998 after the snake creature Aspis from Greek mythology.

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