Aspis Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Aspis Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A small, low lying rocky island rising about 15 m above sea level. It is the easternmost island in the Dunbar Islands, South Shetland Islands. The island is one of several features given the name of "fabulous beasts" in the Williams Point area. Named by UK-APC (1998) after Aspis, a small "musical dragon" often portrayed in medieval literature.
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