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Vostok covers a land area of {{convert|24|ha|abbr=off}}. Its nearest neighbors are [[Flint Island]], {{convert|158|km|mi|abbr=off}} south-southeast; [[Caroline Atoll]] (renamed Millennium Island), {{convert|230|km|mi|abbr=off}} to the east; and [[Penrhyn atoll|Penrhyn]], {{convert|621|km|mi|abbr=off}} to the west. It is {{convert|1.3|km|mi|1|abbr=off}} in length, and is triangular-shaped.<ref name="JR">{{cite web| last = Resture| first =Jane | work= janeresture.com |title= Vostok Island, Line Islands |url= http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_line/vostok.htm| access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref>
Beaches on the island range between {{convert|25|and|30|m|ft|abbr=off}} wide, composed of coral sand and rubble. There is no lagoon or fresh water on the island, and no known [[freshwater lens]]. Vostok's major portion is covered with a pure stand of ''[[Pisonia grandis|Pisonia]]'' trees rooted in moist peat soil one meter thick.<ref name=ARB144>{{cite journal |url=https://vl-nocache.eightyoptions.com.au/sites/default/files/66_1.pdf |title=THE VASCULAR FLORA AND TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES OF VOSTOK ISLAND, SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC |last1=Clapp |first1=Roger B. |last2=Sibley |first2=Fred C. |journal=Atoll Research Bulletin |volume=144 |date=16 February 1971 |pages=1–9 |doi=10.5479/si.00775630.144.1 |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> These trees, with heights of up to {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=off}}, grow so densely that no other plants can grow beneath them. The herbs ''[[Boerhavia]] repens'' and ''[[Sesuvium portulacastrum]]'' round out the known vegetation.<ref name=SPREP2014>{{cite web |url=https://www.sprep.org/attachments/Publications/BEM/Directory_Wetlands_Kiribati_2014.pdf |title=Directory of Wetlands of Kiribati - 2014 |last1=Watkins |first1=Doug |last2=Batoromaio |first2=Kiritian |publisher=SPREP |date=2014 |page=87 |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>
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