to
Update
is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 709 at the 2000 census.
are used almost interchangeably. However Orient Point refers specifically to the physical point at the end of the North Fork of Long Island while Orient is the hamlet in which the point is located.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the hamlet has a total area of 6.1 square miles (15.9 km²), of which, 5.1 square miles (13.2 km²) of it is land and 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²) of it (16.83%) is water.