The northernmost point in the country, it is mostly covered with mangroves.

Facing the Gulf of Aden, the lagoonal mangrove lies behind a barrier island.

[1] It is located northeast of Alula, the northernmost town in Somalia.

The lagoon is surrounded by mangrove bushes, and appears to correspond with the "large laurel-grove called Acannae" described by the 1st century CE Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.

[2] Rhizophora mucronata and Avicennia marina are the predominant mangrove species found in the lagoon.