World’s Loneliest House - The Lodge on the Elliðaey in Iceland. - Foto stock

Elliðaey (Icelandic pronunciation: is a small island south of Iceland. It is the most northeastern of the Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands), an archipelago consisting of 15 to 18 islands and assorted smaller rocks. The island has a size of 0.45 km2 (110 acres; 45 hectares), making it the third-largest island in the archipelago. It has no permanent population and is not home to much wildlife except for an abundance of puffins. Elliðaey Hunting Association built a hunting lodge there, the only building on the island,[4] which was built in 1953. This photo was taken from a ferry in 2019