[1] Station Nord, the only inhabited place in the region, lies to the northwest, off the ice cap area.

Romer Lake and the Princess Elizabeth Alps extend southwestwards at the western end and to the east lies the Fram Strait and the Greenland Sea.

The ice cap covers most of the northern part of Crown Prince Christian Land and is about 8,500 km2 (3,300 sq mi) in area.

[3] Kilen is a roughly triangular stretch of unglaciated flat land in the eastern shore with its apex in the ice cap between the two domes.

[4][5] The northern section of the ice cap is drained by two outlet glaciers flowing in a roughly northwestern direction.