The summit of the Dôme is marked as lying entirely within France on the French Institut Géographique National (IGN) map [1], although on Italian Istituto Geografico Militare (IGM) map [2] the summit appears to lie on the frontier between France and Italy.

In June 2015, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi expressed repeated claims on the territory.

[2] [3] [4] The Swiss National Map, which covers the massif at 1:50'000 scale, shows both disputed areas around Mont Blanc and Dôme du Goûter in a neutral way, after previously following the French interpretation of the border until 2018.

[7] The hut is located above the Aiguille du Gouter cliff and is constructed of wood and steel in a roughly egg shape.

[8] The older shelter was a more basic metal shed that sat on the ice, whereas the new building has supports drilled into the rock.