Vostok Point
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 45 ′ S , 36 ° 19 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
The Vostok Point is a headland on the south coast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It is located northwest of Diaz Cove . To the southwest is Lazarev Island , the northernmost of the Kuprijanow Islands .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2009. It is named after the corvette Vostok , flagship of the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819–1821) under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen .
Web links
- Vostok Point . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)