This was a little confuddling, because Iceland has two islands named Elliðaey. One of them is a neighbor to Surtsey to the south of the main island, in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago. That island doesn't have a lightnouse but it does have a hunting lodge, which you can read about if you search on it.
This one is in western Iceland, on an island in the Breidafjörður, which is the big bay below the "rooster tail" of the Westfjords peninsula. It's a volcanic island (pretty much all of Iceland is), which explains the columnar basalt on the sheer wall below the lighthouse. VERY geologically situated.
Here's what Lighthouses of Western Iceland (UNC) has to say about it:
"1951. Active; focal plane 47 m (154 ft); flash every 10 s, white, red or green depending on direction. 9 m (30 ft) triangular cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern painted red. Elliðaey is a small island in the Breidafjörður about 5 km (3 mi) northwest of Stykkishölmur. Located on the highest point of the island, which is at the east end."
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