Antarctica

Vostok Station

Vostok Station is a Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, . Founded by the Soviet Union in 1957, the station lies at the southern , with the lowest reliably measured natural temperature on Earth of −89.2 °C.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Vostok Station (Russia)”

Vostok Station

Latitude
-78.46528° or 78° 27′ 55″ south
Longitude
106.83526° or 106° 50′ 7″ east
Population
25
Elevation
3,488 metres (11,444 feet)
Open location code
2PH8GRMP+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11446430808
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Geo­Names ID
6620791
Wiki­data ID
Q211014
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Vostok Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة فوستوك”
  • Armenian: “Վոստոկ անտարկտիկական կայան”
  • Armenian: “Վոստոկ գիտակայան”
  • Armenian: “Վոստոկ կայան”
  • Armenian: “Վոստոկ”
  • Asturian: “Base Vostok”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vostok”
  • Basque: “Vostok estazioa”
  • Belarusian: “Усход (антарктычная станцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Усход”
  • Bosnian: “Stanica Vostok”
  • Bulgarian: “Восток”
  • Catalan: “Estació Vostok”
  • Catalan: “Vostok Station”
  • Cebuano: “Vostok Station”
  • Chinese: “东方站”
  • Chinese: “東方站”
  • Chinese: “沃斯托克基地”
  • Chinese: “沃斯托克站”
  • Chuvash: “Восток”
  • Czech: “Polární stanice Vostok”
  • Czech: “Vostok”
  • Dutch: “Vostok Station”
  • Dutch: “Vostok”
  • Dutch: “Vostokstation”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Vostok”
  • Estonian: “Vostok”
  • Estonian: “Vostoki polaarjaam”
  • Finnish: “Vostok-tutkimusasema”
  • Finnish: “Vostok”
  • French: “base antarctique Vostok”
  • French: “Base antarctique Vostok”
  • French: “base russe Vostok”
  • French: “base Vostok”
  • French: “station antarctique Vostok”
  • French: “station Vostok”
  • Georgian: “ვოსტოკის სადგური”
  • German: “Vostokstation”
  • German: “Wostok-Station”
  • Hebrew: “ווסטוק”
  • Indonesian: “Stasiun Vostok”
  • Italian: “Base Vostok II”
  • Italian: “Base Vostok”
  • Italian: “Stazione antartica di Vostok”
  • Italian: “Vostok II”
  • Italian: “Vostok Station”
  • Italian: “Vostok”
  • Japanese: “ボストーク基地”
  • Kazakh: “Восток (антарктикалық станция)”
  • Kazakh: “Восток”
  • Korean: “보스토크 기지”
  • Latin: “Vostok Statio”
  • Latvian: “Vostoka”
  • Lithuanian: “Vostoko stotis”
  • Macedonian: “Восток (поларна станица)”
  • Macedonian: “Восток”
  • Malayalam: “വോസ്ടോക് സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
  • Mirandese: “Vostok”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vostok”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vostok-stasjonen”
  • Norwegian: “Vostok (Russland)”
  • Norwegian: “Vostok”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Basa antartica Vostok”
  • Persian: “پایگاه وستوک”
  • Polish: “Wostok”
  • Portuguese: “Estação de Vostok”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Vostok”
  • Romanian: “Stația Vostok”
  • Russian: “Восток”
  • Russian: “Станция Восток, Антарктида”
  • Russian: “Станция Восток”
  • Scots: “Vostok Station”
  • Serbian: “Stanica Vostok”
  • Serbian: “Станица Восток”
  • Slovak: “Vostok”
  • Slovenian: “antarktična baza Vostok”
  • Slovenian: “postaja Vostok”
  • Slovenian: “raziskovalna postaja Vostok”
  • Spanish: “Base Vostok”
  • Spanish: “Estacion Vostok”
  • Spanish: “Estación Vostok”
  • Spanish: “Vostok”
  • Swedish: “Vostok”
  • Tatar: “Восток (антарктик станция)”
  • Tatar: “Восток”
  • Thai: “สถานีวอสต็อก”
  • Thai: “สถานีวอสตอค”
  • Turkish: “Vostok İstasyonu”
  • Turkish: “Vostok Station”
  • Turkish: “Vostok üssü”
  • Ukrainian: “Восток”
  • Urdu: “ووسٹوک اسٹیشن (انٹارکٹیکا)”
  • Urdu: “ووسٹوک اسٹیشن”
  • Uzbek: “Vostok stansiyasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Trạm Vostok”
  • Yue Chinese: “東方站”

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