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Aspis Island is a small, low-lying, ice-free island rising to 15 metres (49 ft), easternmost in the Dunbar group off the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. | |
  Aspis Island Location of Aspis Island  Aspis Island Aspis Island (Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 62°27′54.5″S 60°08′59.1″W |
| Archipelago | Dunbar Islands |
| Highest elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
The feature is named after the Aspis, a small musical dragon, often portrayed in medieval literature.
Aspis Island is centred at 62°27′54.5″S 60°08′59.1″W which is 520 m (570 yd) west by north of Gargoyle Bastion, 670 m (730 yd) north of Organpipe Point, 800 m (870 yd) northeast of Zavala Island and 1.59 km (0.99 mi) south-southwest of Williams Point (British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
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