The village also lies at the north-eastern end of the Snæfellsnes peninsula and is part of the municipality of Dalabyggð.
All of the events of the Saga take place in one small region of Snæfellsnes, shifting between Álptafjord, which cuts into the northern shore of the peninsula, and Helgafell, the farmstead on Thórsnes, where Snorri Goði resided.