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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Tower
  • Description: research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “antarktična baza Vostok”, “base russe Vostok”, “base Vostok”, “Base Vostok II”, “Estação de Vostok”, “Estacion Vostok”, “Estación Vostok”, “Polární stanice Vostok”, “raziskovalna postaja Vostok”, “station antarctique Vostok”, “station Vostok”, “Stazione antartica di Vostok”, “Vostok II”, “Vostok Station (Russia)”, “Vostok üssü”, “Vostok-tutkimusasema”, “Станция Восток, Антарктида”, “Վոստոկ անտարկտիկական կայան”, “Վոստոկ կայան”, “สถานีวอสต็อก”, and “沃斯托克基地”

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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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Vostok Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة فوستوك”
  • Armenian: “Վոստոկ գիտակայան”
  • Armenian: “Վոստոկ”
  • Asturian: “Base Vostok”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vostok”
  • Basque: “Vostok estazioa”
  • Belarusian: “Усход (антарктычная станцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Усход”
  • Bosnian: “Stanica Vostok”
  • Bulgarian: “Восток”
  • Catalan: “Estació Vostok”
  • Cebuano: “Vostok Station”
  • Chinese: “东方站”
  • Chinese: “沃斯托克站”
  • Chuvash: “Восток”
  • Czech: “Vostok”
  • Dutch: “Vostokstation”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Vostok”
  • Estonian: “Vostok”
  • Estonian: “Vostoki polaarjaam”
  • Finnish: “Vostok”
  • French: “base antarctique Vostok”
  • French: “Base antarctique Vostok”
  • Georgian: “ვოსტოკის სადგური”
  • German: “Wostok-Station”
  • Hebrew: “ווסטוק”
  • Indonesian: “Stasiun Vostok”
  • Italian: “Base 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 Vostok”
  • Romanian: “Stația Vostok”
  • Russian: “Восток”
  • Russian: “Станция Восток”
  • Scots: “Vostok Station”
  • Serbian: “Stanica Vostok”
  • Serbian: “Станица Восток”
  • Slovak: “Vostok”
  • Slovenian: “postaja Vostok”
  • Spanish: “Base Vostok”
  • Swedish: “Vostok”
  • Tatar: “Восток (антарктик станция)”
  • Tatar: “Восток”
  • Thai: “สถานีวอสตอค”
  • Turkish: “Vostok İstasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Восток”
  • Urdu: “ووسٹوک اسٹیشن (انٹارکٹیکا)”
  • Urdu: “ووسٹوک اسٹیشن”
  • Uzbek: “Vostok stansiyasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Trạm Vostok”
  • Yue Chinese: “東方站”

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