[2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Sargent Creek thence Womens Bay.

Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,400 feet (732 meters) above Sargent Creek in approximately one mile (1.6 km) and the east face rises 1,700 feet (518 meters) in 0.4 miles (0.64 km).

The mountain's name was applied in 1910 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey to honor Harry P. Cope, an Englishman who arrived in Kodiak from San Francisco in 1868.

"[2] The toponym was officially adopted in 1941 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

[5] Weather systems coming off the North Pacific are forced upwards by the mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall.