In fact, the monastery was called Hiddensee Abbey ("Kloster Hiddensee") for the entire time of its existence.
Z zahodne in severne strani ga obliva odprto morje, na jugu ga od celine ločuje ozek preliv "Gellenrinne" na vzhodni strani otoka pa ležita laguni "Schaproder Bodden" in "Vitter Bodden".