Kolguef, or KALGUEF, an island of Russia, in the Arctic Ocean, belonging to the government of Archangel. Area, 1350 sq. m. It is visited in summer by fur-hunters, walrus-hunters, and fowlers, who capture eider-ducks, swans, and other seabirds that yield down. The only permanent inhabitants are a few Samoyedes.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 452
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