Samuel "Fish Hook" Mulford bought the property in 1712 when Mr. Hobart died.
They believed this island to be connected to East Ongul Island and applied the name "Ongul" ("fishhook"), which is suggestive of the outline of the two islands taken together.
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.
The arms show two black fishing hooks on a gold background, appropriate symbols for a municipality which is dependent on fishing and sailing.
The arms show a red background with three gold-colored fishhooks made of bone from the Stone Age.
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