The island is part of the Banc d'Arguin National Park.
During low tilde the islets form a large single island.
Nearby islets includes Echakcher to the north-northeast and Niroumi to further to the southwest.
Some 4 kilometres to the east is the Mauritanian mainland and nearby are the town or city of Ten-Alloul in the east, further north is the Iwik Peninsula.
[1] During the prehistoric era, the islets was once connected to the mainland until some 6,000 to 5,000 years ago when the rise of the sea level split it from the mainland.