It is located near the Wadden Sea north of Tzummarum and northwest of Firdgum, of which it is a part administratively.

The settlement of the hamlet is located on the Camstrawei, consisting of mainly farms on the edge of the Hornestreek.

It is a crossroads and border point; southwest of Westhoek, east of Koehool (where a bunker complex stood during the Second World War) and west of the Griene Dyk [nl].

The hamlet was potentially first attested as Dijkshorn in 1287,[3] the year in which the region was completely destroyed by the St. Lucia's flood.

[6] The name is a combination of dijk ('dyke') and hoek ('corner') as it is located on the corner of the Waddenzeedijk and the Griene Dyk.