Vostok Station
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Vostok Station is a remote Russian research base in inland Antarctica known for its extreme cold and deep ice-core climate studies.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vostok Station region | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Antarctic research station
ⓘ
Russian research base ⓘ |
| averageSummerTemperature | around −30 °C ⓘ |
| averageWinterTemperature | around −65 °C ⓘ |
| climateType | ice cap climate ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| coordinates | 78°27′S 106°52′E ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| distanceToCoast | over 1200 kilometres ⓘ |
| distanceToSouthPole | approximately 1250 kilometres ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 3488 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| environment | polar plateau ⓘ |
| established | 1957 ⓘ |
| establishedDuring | International Geophysical Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ |
| hasCommunication | satellite communications ⓘ |
| hasFacility | ice-core drilling site ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
laboratories
ⓘ
living quarters ⓘ power plant ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature | Lake Vostok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iceCoreDepth | over 3.5 kilometres ⓘ |
| iceCoreSignificance | provides climate record back hundreds of thousands of years ⓘ |
| iceThickness | over 3700 metres ⓘ |
| location |
Princess Elizabeth Land
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
inland East Antarctica ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Vostok ship of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
deep ice-core drilling
ⓘ
extreme low temperatures ⓘ paleoclimate research ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationType | seasonal ⓘ |
| powerSource | diesel generators ⓘ |
| recordedTemperature | −89.2 °C ⓘ |
| recordedTemperatureDate | 21 July 1983 ⓘ |
| recordedTemperatureType | lowest reliably measured natural temperature on Earth ⓘ |
| researchField |
atmospheric physics
ⓘ
climatology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ glaciology ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ |
| runwayType | snow runway ⓘ |
| situatedAbove | subglacial Lake Vostok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| summerPopulation | around 25 people ⓘ |
| supplyMethod |
air transport
ⓘ
overland tractor traverses ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+06:00 ⓘ |
| windConditions | generally low wind speeds but very low temperatures ⓘ |
| winterPopulation | around 13 people ⓘ |
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Vostok Station region