Vostok
- Landsat 7
- Path 56, Row 67
- 09 February 2002
Vostok is a small (0.24 km²), low coral island of the southern Line Islands located 230 km west from Millennium Atoll and 158 km north-northwest from Flint.
The island is roughly triangular in shape, with fringing reefs protecting beaches of coral sand and coral rubble. The interior is vegetated with a dense stand of tall Psionia trees.
The island is conserved as the Vostok Island Wildlife Sanctuary protecting important breeding colonies of seabirds such as the Red-footed Booby (Sula sula), Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor), Lesser Frigatebird (F. ariel), Black Noddy (Anous minutus) and White Tern (Gygis alba).
Synonyms: Anne Island, Bostock Island, Leavitts Island, Reaper Island, Staver Island, Wostock Island, Wostok Island
image: millennium coral reefs landsat archive/usf millennium global coral reef mapping project/nasa seawifs/nasa jsc
