Kolguef

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 452

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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