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Lake Vostok

Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
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Lake Vostok
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Summary

Lake Vostok is a rift lake[1]. It draws 5,379 Wikipedia views per month (rift lake category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antarctic Treaty area[3]
  • Continent: Antarctica[4]
  • Instance of: subglacial lake[5]
  • Named after: Vostok Station[6]
  • Commons category: Lake Vostok[7]
  • Described at URL: https://ansiklopedi.tubitak.gov.tr/kutup/ansiklopedi/vostok-golu[8]
  • Different from: Vostok[9]
  • Length: 250 km[10]
  • Area: 14,000 km²[11]
  • Width: 50 km[12]
  • Volume as quantity: 5400 cubic kilometre[13]
  • Vertical depth: 1000 m[14], 900 m[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
  • P14541: 4V2G67[17]

Why It Matters

Lake Vostok has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ldeo.columbia.edu. Retrieved . ldeo.columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ldeo.columbia.edu. Retrieved . ldeo.columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ldeo.columbia.edu. Retrieved . ldeo.columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Lake Vostok. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lake-vostok
MLA “Lake Vostok.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lake-vostok.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lake-vostok_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Lake Vostok}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lake-vostok}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 821110094
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap relation id: 821110094"
  2. 19d ago · Bertux · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14000'}
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Area: 15,690 square kilometre"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4V2G67
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 15w ago · PinTweaks · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 1089547695
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap node id: 1089547695"
  5. 22w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Described at url → https://ansiklopedi.tubitak.gov.tr/kutup/ansiklopedi/vostok-
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/jazero-vostok/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn"
  6. 23w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Antarctic Treaty area
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antarctic Treaty area, fix redirect Antarctic Treaty area → Antarctic Treaty area ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bf164d4e5ee1|d"
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