Aspis Island
Aspis Island | ||
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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 | |
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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.
Web links
- Aspis Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aspis Island on geographic.org (English)