This is the second largest island of the Isafjordur Bay. It is about 2 km long and 400 m wide. The family inhabiting the island bases its livelihood on the fisheries, the collection of eggs and eiderdown, the bird catch and farming.

The sheep are transported on a ferry to the mainland for the summer grazings not to disturb the precious eider ducks.  The island contains a large colony of the arctic tern and a myriad of puffins, which have been exploited there for centuries. The only surviving windmill of the country is maintained there.