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Finding position, drop airtight container into region at sea (9)

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I believe the answer is:

orienting

'finding position' is the definition.

'airtight container into region at sea' is the wordplay.
'airtight container' becomes 'tin'.
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'at sea' indicates an anagram.
'region' is an anagram of 'orieng'.
'tin' placed within 'orieng' is 'ORIENTING'.

'drop' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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