SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Ongulgalten (NOR) 69° 04' 30.0" S 39° 37' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 115709 Place ID: 10639

The N-most of three small islands S-most in Flatvær, Kronprins Olav Kyst. From neighbouring name: Ongul.

Ongulgalten (RUS) 69° 04' 00.0" S 39° 36' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 119770 Place ID: 10639

Ongulgalten Island (USA) 69° 04' 00.0" S 39° 36' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 129671 Place ID: 10639

The northernmost of three aligned islands lying 1 mi SE of the Te Islands, at the S end of the Flatvaer Islands. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Ongulgalten (the fishhook boar) in association with nearby Ongul Island.

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