Alaska Gazetteer
Saint Michael Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Saint Michael Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | 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)." |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 63.462223053 |
| Longitude: | -161.979446411 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Saint Michael Bay: Saint Michael Bay.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Saint Michael Bay does not include property ownership information.
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Saint Michael, AK
(1.9 miles WNW) |
Stebbins, AK
(10.4 miles WNW) |
| Klikitarik, AK (15.7 miles E) |
