Aestian Island

The Aestian Island () is a tentative name of an artificial island under construction by Poland in the Vistula Lagoon as a land fill project, with the infill obtained from the digging of the Vistula Spit canal. The island will cover the area of c. 180–200 hectares, in the shape of an ellipse with 1932 m and 1192 m axes. It is expected to become a wild-bird habitat. Its location is in the central part of the lagoon about 2.5 km off the Vistula Spit, approximately opposite the village of Przebrno.
The shape of the island was marked by steel piles in September 2020.
The name has been selected by a public poll and it is to be formally approved by the Ministry of the Interior and Administration. Other polled suggestions were Rukwiel (Searocket Island), Wodniczka (Aquatic Warbler Island), Bursztynowa (Amber Island) and Island. The selected name references the name of the local ancient Aesti tribe, as reflected in the oldest known name of the Vistula Lagoon: Anglo-Saxon "Estmere", based on Old Prussian "Aīstinmari", which means "Lagoon of the Aesti".