The small residential suburb starts just south-east of the Brooker Highway and Goodwood Road junction.

[2] The waters of Prince of Wales Bay form the eastern boundary and part of the southern.

[3] National Route 1 (Brooker Highway) passes to the south-west, and several roads provide access to the locality.

[2][4] The Risdon Zinc Works (trading as Nyrstar Hobart) at nearby Lutana, which has been in operation since 1917, continues to produce heavy metal contaminants affecting the air, land and estuary waters surrounding Greater Hobart.

The data identified medium levels of air pollution in postcodes 7009 (Lutana, Derwent Park, Moonah, West Moonah) and 7010 (Glenorchy, Rosetta, Montrose, Goodwood, Dowsing Point) with average air contaminate readings of 40% NOx (nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2)), and sulfur dioxide (SO2) contributing 57% of airborne emissions.