Şaphane is one of Western Anatolia's highest mountains; at Ulugedik peak, it is 2,120 metres in height.
(Another of the highest is Murat mountain, 2,309 metres high at Kartaltepe peak.)
The Gediz river originates at the mountain and empties into the Aegean east of the Çilazmak Dalyanı (fishing weir).
Geological era, and has sedimentary, lime and ferrous-oxide material.
Fagus orientalis forests are also found in a small cluster on the northern slopes of Şaphane.