Alternate names: Astravyets and Астравец  [Bel], Ostrowiec [Pol], Ostrovets and Островец [Rus], Astravas [Lith], Astraviec, Astravec. אוסטרובייץ [Yiddish].  54°37' N, 25°58' E , 26 miles E of Vilnius (Vilna), 14 miles N of Ashmyany (Oshmiany). Formerly in Vilna guberniya. 1921 Jewish population: about 100.

• Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), VII, pp. 718-719: "Ostrowiec" #5.
• JewishGen Belarus SIG and LitvakSIG 

CEMETERY: photos. [January 2011]