All we know with certainty about Almaida's location is that it lay on the shores of the Bay of Andúnië, and that it was westward of Andúnië itself. We don't know for sure whether it stood on the northern or southern shore of the Bay, though the northerly location of Andúnië implies a northern location for Almaida as well.

We know almost nothing about the name Almaida (indeed, since it derives from a roughly hand-written label, even its spelling in uncertain). No hint is provided as to its meaning, though it may conceivably relate to the Quenya word almë for 'flower'.