The Aestian Island (Polish: Wyspa Estyjska) 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.
Its location is in the central part of the lagoon about 2.5 km off the Vistula Spit, approximately opposite the village of Przebrno.
[2] The circumference of the island is being made of granite delivered from quarries in Lower Silesia.
[3] The name has been selected by a public poll and it is to be formally approved by the Ministry of the Interior and Administration.
[3] The selected name references the name of the local ancient Aesti tribe, as reflected in the oldest known name of the Vistula Lagoon: Old English Estmere, based on Old Prussian Aīstinmari, which means "Lagoon of the Aesti".