Vostok Station

Vostok Station ста́нция Восто́к
Antarctic base
Vostok Station as of 2024
Vostok Station Location of Vostok Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 78°27′52″S 106°50′14″E / 78.4644222°S 106.8373278°E / -78.4644222; 106.8373278
Country	Russia
Location in Antarctica	Princess Elizabeth Land Antarctica
Administered by	Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Established	16 December 1957 (1957-12-16)
Named for	Vostok
Elevation [1]	3,488 m (11,444 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Summer	30
• Winter	15
Time zone	UTC+5
UN/LOCODE	AQ VOS
Type	All-year round
Period	Annual
Status	Operational
Activities	List Ice core drill Magnetometry Climatology
Website	aari.aq/default_en.html

Vostok Skiway
IATA: none ICAO: AT28
Summary
Airport type	Private
Location	Princess Elizabeth Land
Elevation AMSL	11,447 ft / 3,489 m
Coordinates	78°27′58″S 106°50′54″E / 78.466139°S 106.84825°E / -78.466139; 106.84825
Map
Vostok Skiway Location of airfield in Antarctica
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 11,933 3,637 Ice
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Vostok Station (Russian: ста́нция Восто́к, romanized: stántsiya Vostók, pronounced [ˈstant͡sɨjə vɐˈstok], meaning "Station East") is a Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. Founded by the Soviet Union in 1957, the station lies at the southern Pole of Cold, with the lowest reliably measured natural temperature on Earth of −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184.0 K).^[3] Research includes ice core drilling and magnetometry. Vostok (Russian for 'east') was named after Vostok, the lead ship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition captained by Fabian von Bellingshausen. The Bellingshausen Station was named after this captain (the second ship, Mirny, captained by Mikhail Lazarev, became the namesake for Mirny Station).