 Vostok Island | |
 Map of the Line Islands | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | South Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 10°03′43″S 152°18′46″W / 10.06194°S 152.31278°W |
| Archipelago | Line Islands |
| Area | 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi) |
| Length | 0.7 km (0.43 mi) |
| Width | 0.6 km (0.37 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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Vostok Island is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Line Islands belonging to Kiribati. Other names for the island include Anne Island, Bostock Island, Leavitts Island, Reaper Island, Wostock Island or Wostok Island. The island was first sighted in 1820 by the Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, who named the island for his ship Vostok.[a]
- ^ Armstrong, Terence (September 1971). "Bellingshausen and the discovery of Antarctica". Polar Record. 15 (99). Cambridge University Press: 887–889. Bibcode:1971PoRec..15..887A. doi:10.1017/S0032247400062112. S2CID 129664580.
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