Left: distribution of the ATLASGAL dust continuum sources (gold markers) overlaid on top of the color composite image of G358.69+0.03. The VLA-D+Effelsberg image is shown in red and the Hi-GAL 350 and 70 μm emission maps in green and blue, respectively. The dashed white circle shows G358.69+0.03. Right: color composite image showing the VLA-D image in red and Spitzer bands of 24 and 8 μm in green and blue, respectively. The dashed white partial circles mark the arc-like or U-shaped morphology of the target region. The black circles represent the H II regions identified in this work, and the gold diamonds mark the position of ATLASGAL cold dust clumps toward G358.69+0.03. The gray, violet, and green crosses mark the positions of pre-stellar clumps, protostellar clumps, and gravitationally unbound starless Hi-GAL clumps, respectively, at a distance of 8–9 kpc toward G358.69+0.03.