Information About

Saint Michael Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

63 ° 27' 43.999" N,
161 ° 58' 45.998" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Stebbins

Saint Michael Bay in Detail.

About

on E side of St. Michael I., in Norton Sound, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History

This feature was originally named in 1836 by Captain F. P. Lutke, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for Captain Michael Dmitrievich Tebenkov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who discovered it in 1831. The name was later changed to "Saint Michael," probably in the 1880's by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).