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Orzaba Reef

Orzaba Reef

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off Rock Point, on Norton Sound, 1 mi. N of St. Michael, Yukon- Kuskokwim Delta.

History of Orzaba Reef

Local name obtained in 1952 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); "Derived from an old sailing vessel which founded on it during a storm in days of Russian ownership of the territory."