It is located in the upper Gesso valley, between the comunes of Valdieri and Entracque, and belongs to the Argentera massif.

It is located on the secondary ridge which, detaching itself from the main Alpine watershed from Cime Guilié in a northerly direction, reaches Mount Argentera.

[1] The watershed of this ridge, on which the peak lies, separates Valdieri and Entracque.

[2] The first ascent was made in 1878 by British mountaineer Douglas Freshfield.

[3] It was an ascent "by mistake" as Freshfield intended to climb the southern peak of Argentera.