🕒 Vostok Station Time
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📍 Location & Map
Coordinates: 78.464°S, 106.837°E | Region: Princess Elizabeth Land
🔬 Scientific Significance
- Site of Earth’s lowest recorded surface temperature (−89.2°C)
- Research on Lake Vostok: subglacial lake beneath 4 km of ice
- Studies in climatology, paleoclimatology, and ice core analysis
- Geophysical and upper-atmosphere observations
- Contribution to understanding ancient Earth ecosystems
🌐 Global Time Relevance
Data from Vostok’s deep ice cores provide critical insight into past climate cycles, enabling better modeling of Earth’s climate and time-based geophysical correlations.