Vostok Island

Vostok Island, also known as Staver 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 (the name means "East" in Russian).

Vostok is located at 10°06′S 152°23′W / 10.100°S 152.383°W / -10.100; -152.383Coordinates: 10°06′S 152°23′W / 10.100°S 152.383°W / -10.100; -152.383 and covers a land area of 24 hectares (59 acres). Its nearest neighbors are Flint Island, 158 kilometres (98 miles) south-southeast; Caroline Atoll, 230 kilometres (140 miles) to the east; and Malden Island, 709 kilometres (441 miles) north-northwest. It is 1.3 kilometres (0.8 miles) in length, and is triangular-shaped.

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