Bálhafen

is a good natural harbor and at the mouth of the  on the. Sandy beaches allow shallow-draft vessels to be dragged ashore for repair. An n/ese settlement was established in 704, as a precursor to a planned attack on. However either by a freak storm or by some action on the part of it was destroyed in 707. The anchorage is still occasionally used by mariners plying ’s east coast but is avoided by most Orbáalese.

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