 It lies roughly 55 km to the ENE of Cape Arkona, the headland at the northern end of Rügen Island, and 60 km to the SSW of Bornholm.Geographically it is a SW extension of the Rönnebank that runs south of Bornholm.The submerged shoal's shallowest point is about 5 meters deep at the time of the lowest astronomical tide.