Vostok Island
Uninhabited coral island of eastern Kiribati / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Main articles: Kiribati and Line Islands
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.[lower-alpha 1]
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Location | South Pacific Ocean |
Coordinates | 10°03′43″S 152°18′46″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) |
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Population | 0 |
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