Ekkerøya (Norwegian) (pronounced [/ˈɛkərøɪ/]), Ihkkot (Northern Sami), or Ekrea (Kven)[2] is one of the oldest fishing villages on the Varangerfjorden in Finnmark county, Norway.

[2] Historically, the population was Norwegian or Kven, rather than Sami, and the economy was based on fishing and farming.

[3] As the ending "øy" in the name indicates, the place was originally an island; however, it is now joined to the Varanger peninsula by a narrow isthmus of land.

When the German army retreated from the Litsa front and Kirkenes in late 1944, they burned most buildings in the county.

On the pier, one building (which previously belonged to the Kjeldsen fish plant) has been converted to a restaurant, called Havhesten (English: Seahorse).