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Aspland Island is a small island 7.4 km (4 nmi) west of Gibbs Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The name dates back to at least 1821.

Aspland Island

Aspland Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	61°28′S 55°55′W
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Moonlight Point (61°27′S 55°56′W) is the northwest point of Aspland Island. It was so named by a Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Island Group (JSEEIG) party canoeing from O'Brien Island to Aspland Island on January 3, 1977, because the point appeared silhouetted against a full moon. The name was approved by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1980.[1]

Birds

The island forms part of the Aspland Island and Eadie Island Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because both islands support large colonies of chinstrap penguins and southern fulmars.[2]

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Aspland Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

На других языках

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[de] Aspland Island

Aspland Island ist eine kleine, schroffe und bergige Felseninsel mit einer Höhe von maximal 735 m im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln. Sie liegt 6 km westlich von Gibbs Island und 40 km südwestlich von Elephant Island. Sie gehört zu der von Chile als Islas Piloto Pardo bezeichneten östlichen Inselgruppe der Südlichen Shetlandinseln.

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- [en] Aspland Island

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[es] Isla Aspland

La isla Aspland es una isla de la Antártida, que se ubica a 61°30′S 55°58′O al suroeste de la isla Elefante, en el grupo de las islas Piloto Pardo del archipiélago de las islas Shetland del Sur.

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